DOJ Fires Interim US Attorney Hours After Virginia Court Selects Him

The move echoed a similar Justice Department decision that was made earlier this month in New York.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks to reporters in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 27, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that 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,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote in a post on Feb. 20, referring to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.