Trump Loyalist Asserts She Can Keep U.S. Attorney Title
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Lindsey Halligan, appointed as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia by Trump, defended her right to use the title despite a judge ruling her appointment unlawful.
- Judge David J. Novak ordered Halligan to justify why continuing to sign court documents as the top prosecutor was not misleading, after complaints from other judges.
- Halligan argued that the original order by Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, which found her appointment unconstitutional, did not explicitly prevent her from acting as U.S. attorney.
- Judge Currie's ruling led to the dismissal of criminal cases Halligan brought against Trump critics James Comey and Letitia James, as the appointment violation affected those indictments.
- Halligan maintained that the only remedy ordered
