Former Trump lawyer Halligan defends US prosecutor status in wake of Comey, James dismissals
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Former Trump lawyer Lindsey Halligan defended her role as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia in a new court filing, backed by top DOJ brass.
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U.S. District Judge James Currie in November ruled Halligan was unlawfully appointed to her role as interim U.S. attorney for the district, and ordered dismissed without prejudice the criminal cases she brought against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. (The Justice Department has appealed both dismissals to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.)
The back-and-forth over Halligan's status came under fresh scrutiny last week, after U.S. District Judge David Novak issued an unprompted court order for Halligan to explain to the court, in writing, her continued representation as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and why that "does not constitute a false or misleading statement," which Novak suggested could be grounds for disciplinary proceedings.
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