Donald Trump’s handpicked new top prosecutor has thrown her office into chaos by firing two top attorneys within days of being hired to secure a James Comey indictment.
Halligan, 36, newly installed as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, has been quick to flex her muscles by axing Maya Song and Michael Ben’Ary, sources told ABC News, as she carries out her boss’ legal wishes.
Song had been deputy to U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert, who reportedly resigned two weeks earlier under presidential pressure
On Friday, Song was fired by Halligan. She had earlier accepted a demotion to line prosecutor after Siebert quit rather than bring cases against Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ABC News reported.
Then, six days later, on Wednesday, Michael Ben’Ary—the chief o