US EditionLindsey Halligan sends multiple texts to legal reporter
Lindsey Halligan disputed reporter Anna Bower's coverage of a high-profile indictment and retroactively demanded off the record status after extensive text exchanges, unusual for prosecutors.
- Lindsey Halligan, the interim U.S. attorney, contacted reporter Anna Bower via Signal to discuss coverage of New York Attorney General Letitia James's indictment concerning mortgage fraud, stating, "your reporting is just way off".
- Halligan accused Bower of not having accurate sources and criticized her reporting, stating that Bower’s information is "way off".
- During their discussion on Signal, Halligan demanded to make the exchange with Bower "off the record," which Bower rejected, asserting that requests for off-the-record comments must be made before sharing information.
- Following their conversation, Halligan faced scrutiny as it is unusual for a prosecutor to discuss ongoing cases with reporters.
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Letitia James Prosecutor Sends Unsolicited Texts To Reporter
Source: Al Drago / Getty So, it turns out a funny thing happens when a sitting president taps his personal attorney to serve as the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, despite said attorney having no prosecutorial experience whatsoever… The idiot president runs the risk of having high-profile cases prosecuted by another idiot. My GOD, y’all — Lindsey Halligan is an idiot! According to Newsweek, Halligan — who has been pla…
Nicolle Wallace Lays Into Lindsey Halligan Over Signal Texts With Legal Reporter: 'The Stupidity Is Just Unbelievable'
Nicolle Wallace ripped into Trump-picked interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan after the latter engaged in a conversation about the Letitia James indictment with a legal reporter — and allegedly shared grand jury information in the process. The political commentator addressed the controversy on Tuesday’s episode of “Deadline: White House,” where she called Halligan’s decision to take part in a 33-hour, on-the-record conversation with legal report…
Prosecutor Handpicked to Go After Trump's Enemies Attacked Journalist in Bizarre Texts
Lindsey Halligan, the inexperienced US attorney hand-picked to go after Trump's political foes, sent a bizarre series of texts to an unsuspecting legal journalist. Other reporters and lawyers said they "have never quite seen an exchange like this."
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