The Daily Beast
Donald Trump took to Truth Social in the middle of the night to claim that he fired Erik Siebert, his hand-picked attorney for the Eastern District of Virgina, even though Siebert had resigned hours prior.
“He didn’t quit, I fired him!,” wrote Trump at 12:14 a.m.
Siebert reportedly faced political pressure to bring mortgage fraud charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime target of Trump who had successfully sued the president for fraud.
In April, Bill Pulte, the administration’s director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, encouraged Trump to go after James. The administration directed Siebert to investigate whether James listed her Virginia home as her primary residence to get more favorable loan terms.
After months of investigation, investigators found that James only listed the home as a primary residence on a limited power of attorney form that allowed her niece and co-purchaser to sign documents on her behalf. Unable to make a prosecutable case against James, Siebert declined to press charges. On Wednesday, ABC News reported that Trump was expected to fire him.
At 7:53 p.m., four and a half hours before Trump’s Truth Social rant, ABC reported that Siebert had tendered his resignation to staff via email. His email made no mention of the Letitia James investigation.
Two hours before that, Trump told reporters in an Oval Office photo op that he was “not following” the case very closely, but was suspicious of Siebert because he had been approved by Virginia’s Dem. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner.
“They voted for this guy, and I have other people, judges, and U.S. Attorneys from other states who have the same situation, and they can’t get approved,” he told ABC’s Jonathan Karl.
“So when I learned that they voted [for Siebert], I said, I don’t really want him.”
Trump nominated Siebert for the position in May.
University of Richmond Law Professor Carl Tobias was surprised by Trump’s displeasure with Siebert. On Friday, Tobias told Richmond.com that Siebert has otherwise been effectively carrying out Trump’s agenda in other areas, pointing to the district’s high number of ICE arrests.
“He’s certainly carrying out something that the president wants, and that (Gov. Glenn) Youngkin has strongly supported,” said Tobias. “It’s not as if he’s a renegade.”
12 comments:
Chubby Cheeto is one small sonofabitch. God is my president.
Biden weaponized judicial system is falling apart. Pay back is a bitch!
Trump works 24/7. Trump wants more from his employees.
Trump was elected by American men. It is time for Trump to start sterilizing minority men.
Biden was president. But, Republicans were the ones that had the power. The judicial system works. The problem is that now they are against minorities. All minorities are criminals, all go back to Mexico or Africa. Trump has the gold card, money for your American Visa.
He was fired, Montoya. Trump wants results, not Comey excuses as to why someone did or didn't intend to break the law.
The bribery case against Tom Homan, White House Border Czar, has been
dropped. Homan accepted a bag containing 50K cash in exchange for
promising government contracts. Another case of Trump and his cronies
feathering their nest at the expense of taxpayers. Let's blame Biden. : )
People of the United States should feel shame about Trump's Administration, he has turned our freedoms around and uses his power illegally to shut up people who speak out about the embarrassments Trump brings to America. He is a silly old man who at his age, still wants to get back at anyone who says wrong about, a bully who wants it his way and to be praised when people should urinate on him and his ridiculous words and criminal way of thinking. Shame on the most stupid president we have ever had
If you believe that Trump works 24/7 you are extremely young 🌱. Nobody can work 24/7.
A majority of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump's job performance and have unfavorable opinions on some of his signature policies, according to a recent national poll.
In a four-day Washington Post-Ipsos poll released Sept. 18, the president's approval rating stood at 43%, with 56% disapproving. The numbers are a slight uptick in his overall rating compared to the pollsters' last survey in April, which saw a near-historic low approval of 39%, with a similar 55% disapproval.
The results hem closely to the New York Times' most recent polling averages, which put Trump at a 43% approval and 54% disapproval as of Sept. 21. The RealClearPolitics polling average stands a few points higher, with an average approval of 46% and a 52% disapproval, also as of Sept. 21.
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{If you believe that Trump works 24/7 you are extremely young 🌱. Nobody can work 24/7.}
Sir, activists judges work 24/7.
They are on call 24/7 but they have their free time. You better not dare mess with their breakfast, lunch, or dinner time. You really haven't been around.
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