US EditionLetitia James signals plan to challenge Lindsey Halligan’s appointment in mortgage fraud case
American Oversight filed a FOIA request amid concerns that Halligan’s use of Signal, with auto-deleting messages, may violate federal records laws and obscure official communications.
- American Oversight launched an investigation into interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan's reported use of Signal to message a journalist about New York Attorney General Letitia James, filing a FOIA with the DOJ for related texts and records.
- Reports say Lindsey Halligan set her messages to auto-delete after eight hours, violating the Federal Records Act and DOJ records-retention rules, and she later claimed they were off the record.
- The FOIA requests all Signal messages and related content, including images, videos, audio, attachments and full URLs sent or received by Lindsey Halligan about government business.
- DOJ retention rules will be central to Vindictive Prosecution motions, and American Oversight's prior litigation revealed destroyed Signal records, raising concern about missing evidence.
- Observers say the timing raises concerns about politicization, noting Halligan led prosecutions against the president's perceived political enemies and cannot claim ignorance of the Federal Records Act.
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Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer Gets into Signal Trouble
Lindsey Halligan’s ham-handed effort to bully Anna Bower into backing off her coverage of problems with the Tish James’ indictment has not gone unnoticed. American Oversight just filed a FOIA for Halligan’s Signal texts. All messages on the messaging platform Signal and any app that can interfacewith Signal or otherwise borrow its technology sent or received by U.S.Attorney Lindsey Halligan regarding government business. American Oversight requ…
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