A federal appeals court on Aug. 17 declared Sigal Chattah’s appointment as top federal prosecutor in Nevada invalid and barred her from supervising criminal prosecutions.
The case goes back to April 1, 2025, when President Donald Trump appointed Chattah as interim U.S. attorney for Nevada. Two days before her initial 120-day term was about to run out, then-U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi changed her title to “first assistant” to permit her to continue leading the office.
In an attempt to have indictments of criminal defendants who were charged during Chattah’s tenure dismissed, the Nevada Federal Public Defender filed a motion challenging indictments brought by her office after her initial term expired. In the alternative, the motion sought to have her disqualified from the cases….