The Justice Department is sending prosecutors from Midwestern states to help the Minnesota U.S. attorney's office as it moves toward charges against state officials.
The actions signal a breaking point for the federal bench in the Eastern District of Virginia after Lindsey Halligan was disqualified as U.S. attorney there.
Federal judges are seeking candidates to fill the top federal prosecutor job in eastern Virginia after a court ruled that President Trump's handpicked choice was unlawfully appointed to the job.
