7 entries in the ledger
The Second Circuit ruled 2-1 on Aug. 21 that John Sarcone, the Trump-picked U.S. attorney in Albany, was not lawfully serving as acting U.S. attorney and is disqualified from the investigation of New York Attorney...
U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy on Aug. 7, 2026 blocked the Department of Housing and Urban Development from changing how it awards Continuum of Care funding, finding the department had issued its latest notice of...
Seven states sued the Trump administration on June 2, 2026 over its cancellation of a major offshore wind lease off the New York coast. In March, federal officials agreed to pay nearly $1 billion in taxpayer funds to the...
On January 6, 2026, U.S. District Judge David Novak in the Eastern District of Virginia ordered Lindsey Halligan to explain, within seven days, why her continued use of the title "U.S. Attorney" does not amount to a...
On November 24, 2025, a federal judge dismissed the criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after ruling that Lindsey Halligan, the Trump-appointed...
On October 9, 2025, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on one count of bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. 1344 and one count of making false statements to a...
Erik Siebert, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, resigned on September 19, 2025 after the White House gave him the choice of stepping down or being fired. Reporting attributed his removal to his...