U.S. Attorney Investigating Letitia James Resigns After Trump Seeks to Oust Him NYT | Top Stories By: Glenn Thrush, Maggie Haberman, Jonah E. Bromwich, Alan Feuer and William K. Rashbaum 20 September 2025 at 12:54 Erik S. Siebert had hit roadblocks investigating New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey. © Rod Lamkey/Associated PressThe push to remove Erik S. Siebert, a highly regarded career prosecutor, came as a shock in an office that handles some of the nation’s most sensitive national security investigations.