Virginia US attorney resigns after Trump says he wants him out: Report

Interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Erik Siebert on Friday reportedly resigned his post, hours after President Donald Trump said he wanted him out of office because he received support from the state's two Democratic senators.

Trump made the remark during comments to the press in the Oval Office, where he claimed Siebert could "not be any good" because Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine support him. Trump nominated Siebert in May.

“I want him out,” the president told reporters of Siebert. “When I saw that he got two senators, two gentlemen that are bad news, as far as I’m concerned, when I saw that he got approved by these two men, I said, ‘Pull him,’ because he can’t be any good."

Siebert would have been responsible for weighing whether to pursue mortgage fraud claims against New York Attorney General Letitia James if confirmed by the Senate. 

The move also comes after Warner denounced Trump's effort to push Siebert out of office.

"Unbelievable. Trump has now announced he is pushing out a U.S. Attorney because he refused to prosecute Trump’s political enemies," Warner posted on X. "The message is clear: Trump will punish anyone who has the independence to challenge his baseless vendettas."

Siebert has not publicly commented on his resignation so far, but an email obtained by NBC News confirmed his departure.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.