DOJ fires EDVA deputy for declining Comey prosecution

The Justice Department fired Robert McBride, the No. 2 official in the Eastern District of Virginia, after he told leaders he could not both run the office and lead the controversial Comey prosecution. The move comes amid questions about who will run the EDVA after a judge ruled Lindsey Halligan was not legally appointed, and reports that McBride had private meetings with federal judges, which were viewed as undermining the administration.