Attorney-General Pam Bondi is under pressure from Donald Trump to charge his enemies with crimes. Photo: AP PHOTO

US President Donald Trump he has appointed his former lawyer Lindsey Halligan to be US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, hours after pressuring his attorney-general to more aggressively pursue his political enemies.

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"Pam Bondi is doing a GREAT job as Attorney General of the United States. She is very careful, very smart, loves our Country, but needs a tough prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, like my recommendation, Lindsey Halligan, to get thing

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