US EditionLindsey Halligan out as U.S. attorney following pressure from judges
Judges barred Lindsey Halligan from using the U.S. attorney title and are seeking applicants for a court-appointed replacement after her 120-day interim term expired, DOJ appeals ongoing.
- Lindsey Halligan is leaving her position as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, as confirmed by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
- Two judges have ruled that Halligan cannot continue as U.S. attorney and have solicited applications for her replacement.
- U.S. District Judge David Novak stated that Halligan has 'no legal basis' to represent herself as U.S. attorney and warned of disciplinary action if she continued to do so.
- Judges are questioning Halligan's role as more similar disputes arise across the country regarding interim prosecutor appointments.
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Two judges in Virginia rejected the Trump administration’s arguments that a White House loyal person can continue to serve as a high-ranking federal prosecutor in the state. One petitioned Tuesday for a replacement and the other prohibited Lindsey Halligan from continuing to represent herself in his court as a U.S. prosecutor. Dual orders from separate judges marked a dramatic new front in the current conflict between the Trump administration an…
The Department of Justice has become a misnomer with Bondi at the helm
The destruction done to the Department of Justice in the past year is hard to overstate. One year into the second Trump administration, in two completely separate — and yet related — matters, the depths to which the department has sunk was laid bare. The “charade” of Lindsey Halligan’s claimed appointment as the “United States Attorney” in the Eastern District of Virginia “must come to an end,“ U.S. District Judge David Novak — a Trump appointee…
Judge orders Lindsey Halligan to stop using US attorney title or face disciplinary action
Lindsey Halligan, attorney for US President Donald Trump, holds ceremonial proclamations to be signed by US President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 6, 2025. Trump exempted Canadian goods covered by the North American trade agreement known as USMCA from his 25% tariffs, offering major reprieves to the US’s two largest trading partners. (Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg …
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