Why an attorney tasked with prosecuting Trump’s critics resigned

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  Good morning. It's Monday, September 22nd.

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  I'm Shamita Basu.

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  This is Apple News Today, on Today's Show,

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  explaining the decisions from RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel,

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  how ICE is separating some families, and Trump and Musk meet again.

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  But first,

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  to President Trump's ongoing attempts to push the Department of Justice to bring charges against his political enemies.

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  On Friday, a federal prosecutor tasked with investigating some of Trump's critics resigned.

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  U.S.

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  Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and a Trump appointee,

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  Eric Siebert, had declined to seek an indictment, citing lack of evidence,

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  for New York Attorney General Letitia James, who previously sued Trump and his company,

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  as well as former FBI Director James Comey.

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  Speaking to reporters shortly before Siebert's exit,

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  Trump said he wanted him out

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  because his nomination was endorsed by Democratic Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner.

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  When I saw that he got approved by those two men, I said pull it because he can't be any good.

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  So you're on fire, you want him out?

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  Yeah, I want him out, yeah.

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  Not long after that, Siebert announced his resignation to colleagues in a letter obtained by NBC.

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