A conservative lawyer, Mary “Maggie” Cleary, has been appointed as the acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia following the resignation of Erik Siebert amid political pressure to prosecute New York Attorney General Letitia James. Cleary, who claims to have been falsely accused of attending the January 6 Capitol riot, previously worked in the Virginia Attorney General’s office and has been vocal about her political targeting.
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