Trump appointee finding it 'difficult to retaliate' as her office revolts: ex-US attorney

Donald Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan’s ability to prosecute critics of the president is being sorely tested on Thursday as she faced a hearing on whether she was legally hired into her position at the same time that investigators and lawyers in her Virginia office have refused to work with her.

Halligan is facing a claim that her appointment does not pass legal muster after she rushed to bring criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

With Halligan's job on the line before U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie, who has already called the attorney out for withholding grand jury information, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance claimed the Trump appointee has been left hanging by staffers at the Eastern District of Virginia where she was appointed on an interim basis as a U.S. attorney by Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Discussing the unfolding situation with host Anna Cabrera, Vance explained, “I think we know by the virtue of the fact that Halligan is the lone signature on this case, when it comes out of grand jury, it seems clear that prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia have realized that their strength is in unity, and when they band together and simply refuse to participate in an illegitimate exercise of the justice department's power, it's very difficult for her to retaliate.”

“And, Anna, you said something here that's so important that she had a rapid ascent to this position,” she added. “She is, of course, as has been widely discussed, an insurance lawyer and not a prosecutor, and bringing federal prosecutions in particularly one like this, is a real trap for the unwary.”

“So when the judge gets her hands on grand jury transcripts and is able to see what Halligan said to grand jurors, a whole host of new problems could emerge,” Vance predicted.

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