BREAKING_ U.S. atty. to resign amid pressure from Trump admin. to indict New York AG Letitia James 123

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00:00We've got some breaking news tonight that the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia,

00:03Eric Seibert, has told his office he is resigning after increasing pressure from

00:09Donald Trump. Sources tell MSNBC that staffers in the office were distraught at the news,

00:14some even crying when they found out. Seibert's resignation comes as Donald Trump has become

00:19increasingly frustrated that Seibert would not prosecute the New York Attorney General

00:24Letitia James on trumped up mortgage fraud charges. He had refused to charge because

00:29his investigation could not bear out the accusations. Resignation came after Trump

00:34was asked directly about the issue in the Oval Office just a few hours ago and said, quote,

00:39I want him out. Are you disappointed that the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia

00:44has not prosecuted Letitia James? Do you intend to fire him? Well, we're going to see what happens.

00:50I am not following it very closely. It looks to me like she's very guilty of something,

00:55but I really don't know. I know that the U.S. attorney from the Eastern District or from that

01:01district in Virginia, that he was approved by two Democrat senators who, in my opinion,

01:08are among the worst. You want him fired? You want him out? Yeah, I want him out, yeah.

01:12You want him out? He wants him out, yeah, he wants him out, yeah? Yeah.

01:21The U.S. attorney says, quote, not to the U.S. attorney says, quote, not to the U.S. attorney