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Sigal Chattah, then-Republican candidate for Nevada attorney general, speaks during a political rally in Henderson.

Lawsuits challenge Sigal Chattah’s position as Nevada’s ‘acting’ US attorney

In three federal court filings last week, the office argued that President Donald Trump’s administration pursued illegal “personnel maneuvers” that allowed Chattah to remain Nevada’s top federal law enforcement officer after her first stint as the interim U.S. attorney expired.

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