All posts tagged "Lindsey Halligan"

Florida's bar association on Friday said it “erroneously” announced that Lindsey Halligan was under an ethics probe, The Hill reported Friday.

Halligan was President Donald Trump's former attorney and appointed by him as interim U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia to bring criminal cases against his enemies, which was objected to by longtime prosecutors.

After leaving the U.S. attorney's office in January following a judge's ruling that she had not been lawfully appointed, her cases against Trump's adversaries — including former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James — were dismissed. Florida's bar association had reportedly sent a letter the previous month indicating that Halligan was under investigation....

Lindsey Halligan, who left the U.S. attorney's office in January, is under investigation by Florida's bar association, according to a New York Times report Thursday.

Halligan was appointed by President Donald Trump to bring criminal cases against his enemies, which was objected to by longtime prosecutors. She served as interim U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia before a judge ruled she had not been lawfully appointed. She stepped down in January and her cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James were dismissed.

Florida’s bar association reportedly sent a letter last month indicating that Halligan was under investigation. ...

Unlawfully appointed interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan recently suffered another public embarrassment after a legal reporter noticed an obvious spelling error in her official signature.

On Thursday, NBC News reporter Ryan J. Reilly posted to Bluesky that Halligan had misspelled Virginia as "Virgina" in the block that's used for her signature on legal documents. Halligan's signature block reads: "Lindsey Halligan, United States Attorney Eastern District of Virgina[sic] Florida Bar No. 109481 2100," with her office's address.

Halligan's error was quickly mocked by various legal experts on the platform. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) attorney Kevin H. Bell quipped: "A deep dark secret of both the legal profession and the US government is that virtually everything is copy pasted." Albany Times-Union editor Casey Seilar parlayed the spelling error into a play on the Old Dominion State's official slogan by writing: "Virgina is for lovers."...

Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan was expected to get another round of embarrassment from Senate Democrats, according to reports Friday.

President Donald Trump's former attorney and pick for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia has continued her role — despite calls for her to resign — while the Trump administration has pushed forward her nomination in the Senate, according to The Daily Beast.

Two Virginia senators were expected to block Halligan "using internal veto power by refusing to return a blue slip that indicates support for a home-state judicial nominee," Semafor reported. ...

A legal expert said Wednesday that interim U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan — despite calls for her to resign — has continued her role.

Legal expert Lisa Rubin told MS NOW's Ana Cabrera that Halligan has not left her position while pressure mounts for her to step down.

"Lindsey Halligan is still in her job and she is signing, or rather, lying," Rubin said. "Prosecutors are signing criminal filings in the Eastern District of Virginia in her name, which is typical." ...

Three judges this week slammed President Donald Trump's Justice Department for keeping Lindsey Halligan's name on court documents.

A district court judge and two magistrate judges in Alexandria, Virginia, said in an open court to prosecutors that they didn't think Halligan's name should be on any of the new criminal case filings, including guilty plea documents or indictments, following a decision last week that stated she is not the U.S. attorney, CNN reported.

Magistrate William Fitzpatrick said at a criminal hearing this week that filing criminal charging papers “under Ms. Halligan’s name” was “simply not acceptable,” according to a transcript obtained by the outlet....