DOJ Fires Interim US Attorney Hours After Virginia Court Selects Him

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it fired the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia just hours after judges on the court made the appointment. “Here we go again. EDVA judges do not pick our US Attorney. POTUS does,” wrote Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in a post on Feb. 20, referring to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. “James Hundley, you’re fired!” Blanche was responding to a report that the district court had appointed Hundley to take the position that was formerly occupied by Lindsey Halligan after she stepped down earlier this year. A judge had deemed that her appointment was unlawful, also tossing cases that were overseen by Halligan, including one brought against former FBI Director James Comey and another against New York Attorney General Letitia James....