US EditionJudge orders Lindsey Halligan to explain why she keeps using U.S. attorney title following court decision
Judge David Novak has given Lindsey Halligan seven days to justify her use of the U.S. Attorney title after a prior ruling found her appointment unlawful.
- On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge David Novak ordered Lindsey Halligan to file a pleading within seven days explaining her continued use of the U.S. Attorney title despite a contrary judicial finding.
- In November, U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie found Halligan exceeded the 120 days interim U.S. attorney limit that started with Erik Siebert's appointment, setting aside actions from her tenure.
- Internal DOJ email instructed prosecutors shortly after Currie's ruling to keep Halligan's U.S. Attorney title on pleadings, citing OLC approval and listing her as both 'United States Attorney' and 'Special United States Attorney,' with 'Attorney' misspelled.
- Novak warned the court could strike Halligan's United States Attorney title from criminal indictments and signaled disciplinary procedures, while Currie's finding led to dismissed cases against Comey and Letitia James.
- Handpicked by President Donald Trump in September, Lindsey Halligan, the president's nominee, submitted a questionnaire to the Senate Judiciary Committee despite having no prior prosecutorial experience.
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