Acting U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah appears to have quietly left her position as Nevada's Republican National Committee (RNC) committeewoman — a role that raised questions because Department of Justice employees are expected to remain politically neutral.

Chattah, a Republican attorney who rose to prominence during the pandemic for her opposition to state COVID mandates and unsuccessfully ran for Nevada attorney general in 2022, had held the position since 2023. 

The Nevada RNC committeewoman role is listed as "vacant" on the RNC's website, although it's unclear how long it has been listed as such, and the RNC did not respond to a request for comment in time for the publication. An archived version of the RNC website displayed her profile at least as recently as July 11. 

She has not been listed on the Nevada GOP website for at least a week.

When reached by phone Wednesday by an Indy reporter, Chattah said “don’t ever call my cell” before hanging up.  

Chattah has spent more than 20 years as a civil and criminal defense attorney operating her own law firm in Las Vegas. She was born in Israel and emigrated to the United States as a teenager. She rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic for leading lawsuits against administrative decisions made by Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak.

In March, President Donald Trump named Chattah, a staunch supporter, as the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Nevada. In late July, before Chattah’s 120-day appointment was set to end, the Trump administration extended Chattah’s term as Nevada’s top Department of Justice official in a political maneuver that bypassed the usual approval process. 

Chattah’s recent extension shifted her title to “acting” U.S. attorney. 

The move was met with strident opposition from the state’s two senators, who have called Chattah an “extremist” who is “deeply unfit for the role.”

“Chattah’s disturbing past statements promising to use any public office to go after her political opponents, as well as her well-documented history of racist remarks, conspiracy theories, and threats of violence, prove that she cannot be trusted with this important responsibility,” Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) said in a March statement.

Chattah told 8 News Now her appointment is not unconstitutional and “it was not done in a nefarious manner.”  

After her interim appointment, Chattah was still listed on the RNC’s and state party’s website as the national committeewoman from Nevada and was introduced with the same title at an April 5 Nevada GOP Central Committee meeting. 

But in an April 10 interview with conservative radio host Kevin Wall, Chattah indicated she was no longer performing RNC committeewoman duties.

She also told 8 News Now that there would be an upcoming election fraud case. The RNC sued the state in 2024 for not cleaning up its voter rolls, though the case was dismissed twice. 

“At the end of the day, every American citizen deserves to know that his vote counted, that his vote was not cancelled out by someone who was … not authorized to vote,” Chattah said in the interview. 

She told reporters that the case would be announced soon.