Donald Trump and Allies

Lindsey Halligan, a Trump‑appointed lawyer, has left her interim post in the Eastern District of Virginia after Judge Cameron McGowan Currie found her appointment unlawful, tossed indictments of James Comey and New York AG Letitia James, and Judge David Novak barred her from using the “U.S. Attorney” title and ordered her to explain its continued use. DOJ leaders including Attorney General Pam Bondi have contested the judges’ orders and are appealing while attempting to revive the prosecutions (amid internal turmoil that included the firing of Halligan’s top deputy, Robert McBride), and Chief Judge M. Hannah Lauck has authorized a vacancy announcement to fill the office.