Federal judges release job posting to replace Trump's disqualified Virginia prosecutor
President Donald Trump's hand-picked federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia was disqualified from office months ago — and now federal judges in the district have put up a job posting to replace her.
"Under 28 U.S.C. § 546(d), when the position is vacant, the Court 'may appoint a United States Attorney to serve until the vacancy is filled,'" stated the order, issued by Chief Judge Hannah Lauck, an appointee of former President Barack Obama. "In the exercise of the authority...