She's Prosecuting Comey For Trump, But Lindsey Halligan Isn't Having Any Fun

Trump’s DOJ: Halligan Indicts Comey, Letitia James, and Tellis

Lindsey Halligan, installed by President Trump in September as interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, has moved aggressively—filing indictments against former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and State Department adviser Ashley Tellis. Critics questioned Halligan’s qualifications given her lack of prosecutorial experience, but she quickly responded with high-profile charges. Comey is accused…

She's Prosecuting Comey For Trump, But Lindsey Halligan Isn't Having Any Fun

Sure, they said: Go take a job as the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, even though you’re not qualified, they said. It’ll be fun to be Trump’s Best Little Hatchet and go after his enemies, they said.By all measures, Lindsey Halligan is very much not having fun these days, just a month or so into her tenure at a job she holds not based on her skills, but instead on her willingness to prosecute and persecute Trump’s enem…