"Mr. Trump announced that Ms. Halligan, a former member of his criminal defense team who had previously specialized in insurance law, would run the office. That her first order of business was indicting Mr. Comey was obvious. Ms. Bondi and Mr. Blanche had not been given much of a head's up, or veto power, over the pick. Both quietly questioned Ms. Halligan's credentials to run such an important U.S. attorney's office, according to a person with knowledge of her thinking. They have subsequently offered their enthusiastic support for Ms. Halligan."
"Officials from the Justice Department's headquarters were at the courthouse to assist Ms. Halligan, according to a spokesman for the department. It is not clear who assisted Ms. Halligan in drafting the bare-bones, two-page indictment. Tellingly, she was the only one to sign the paperwork. Typically such filings are also endorsed by career prosecutors who have gathered the evidence in the case."
President Trump appointed Lindsey Halligan as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after Erik Siebert resigned, reportedly over his refusal to prosecute New York Attorney General Letitia James. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche quietly questioned Halligan’s qualifications to run the office. Halligan soon secured an indictment of former FBI Director James Comey and personally presented evidence to the grand jury. Justice Department headquarters officials were present at the courthouse to assist Halligan. The two-page indictment was bare-bones, and Halligan was the sole signatory rather than having endorsements from career prosecutors. Trump posted a message on Truth Social appearing addressed to Bondi days earlier.
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