White House Email Snafu Said to Stall Firings of US Attorneys

The White House sent termination emails to the wrong addresses of as many as 22 US attorneys who learned they’d been dismissed five days later after a perplexing weekend, said two people familiar with the process.

The remaining holdover US attorneys, who were forced to scramble about their status as their district’s chief law enforcement officials when they lost access to their government-issued devices Feb. 14, received clarity Monday evening from Justice Department headquarters.

Top prosecutors from Philadelphia, Arizona, New Mexico, and other districts were anticipating being fired along with fellow Biden-era colleagues who were let go Feb. 12 ...