# Federal Prosecutors Hub The **people who wield federal charging power** — the Justice Department's prosecutorial leadership, the 93 U.S. Attorneys, and special counsels. For DOJ as an institution see [[Department of Justice]]; for the cabinet seat see [[Trump 2.0 Cabinet Hub]]. Records live in `/People/` (tag `federal-prosecutor`). The KB tracks this layer through one dominant 2025–2026 storyline: the conversion of the prosecution function into an instrument of **retribution and self-protection** — charging the president's enemies, dropping cases against allies, and removing the career prosecutors who resist. The collapse of the [[James Comey]] and [[Letitia James]] indictments is the defining episode. ## DOJ prosecutorial leadership | Role | Official | Note | |---|---|---| | Attorney General (acting) / Deputy AG | [[Todd Blanche]] | Ex-Trump defense lawyer; assumed acting AG after [[Pam Bondi]]'s April 2026 departure | | Attorney General (former) | [[Pam Bondi]] | Removed April 2, 2026 | | Solicitor General | [[D. John Sauer]] | Argued *[[Trump v. United States]]* immunity case | | AAG, Civil Rights Division | [[Harmeet Dhillon]] | Redirected the division to anti-DEI / anti-trans priorities | | Ex-Principal Associate Deputy AG | [[Emil Bove]] | Fired Jan 6 prosecutors; now a Third Circuit judge | ## The weaponization & retribution prosecutors The front line of the charge-your-enemies project — and the career prosecutors removed for resisting it. | Prosecutor | Office | Note | |---|---|---| | [[Lindsey Halligan]] | Interim U.S. Attorney, E.D. Virginia | Signed the [[James Comey]] and [[Letitia James]] indictments — both **dismissed Nov 24, 2025** as her appointment was unlawful | | [[Erik Siebert]] | Ex-U.S. Attorney, E.D. Virginia | Pushed out for finding insufficient evidence against Comey and James | | [[Ed Martin]] | Weaponization Working Group; Pardon Attorney | Failed DC U.S. Attorney nominee; now investigates Trump's perceived enemies | | [[Jeanine Pirro]] | U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia | Ex-Fox host; confirmed Aug 2025; dropped the Powell probe, moved to dismiss the Bannon case | ## Notable U.S. Attorneys | Prosecutor | District | Note | |---|---|---| | [[Jay Clayton]] | Southern District of New York | Ex-SEC chair atop the "Sovereign District" | | [[Alina Habba]] | District of New Jersey | Ex-Trump lawyer; judges declined to extend her interim appointment | ## Special counsels (recent) | Special Counsel | Investigation | Outcome | |---|---|---| | [[Jack Smith]] | The two federal Trump prosecutions (Jan 6; documents) | Wound down after 2024; resigned Jan 2025; now a weaponization target | | [[David Weiss]] | Hunter Biden tax/guns | Conviction, then presidential pardon | | [[Robert Hur]] | Biden classified documents | Declined charges; "elderly man with a poor memory" | | [[John Durham]] | Origins of the FBI Russia inquiry | Few charges; no "deep state" plot substantiated | ## The fired cohort — prosecutor commentariat Former U.S. Attorneys removed in the March 2017 sweep who became the public translators of the weaponization storyline — profiled in the Resistance section's [[Jurists and Legal Advocates]] ecosystem. | Prosecutor | Office | Note | |---|---|---| | [[Preet Bharara]] | S.D.N.Y. 2009–17 | Refused Trump's resignation demand, forced his own firing; *Stay Tuned* / *CAFE Insider* | | [[Joyce Vance]] | N.D. Ala. 2009–17 | *Civil Discourse* Substack; *#SistersInLaw*; *Giving Up Is Unforgivable* (2025) | ## Related - [[Department of Justice]] — the institution - [[FBI]] — its investigative arm ([[Kash Patel]] / [[Dan Bongino]]) - [[Trump 2.0 Cabinet Hub]] · [[Federal Judges Hub]] — the bench that hears these cases - [[Federal Agencies]] · [[Federal Government]]