Trump, Halligan and James Comey
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Pam Bondi, Letitia James and Lindsey Halligan
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Who Is Lindsey Halligan, Trump’s Newest Yes-Woman?
The federal prosecutor who indicted Letitia James and James Comey has little criminal-law experience but is great at doing what the president wants.
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Trump’s Revenge Tour
Trump’s effort to turn the Justice Department into his personal legal weapon shatters norms of law-enforcement independence inculcated in the decades since Watergate, and arguably outstrips any previous abuses of the department at any other point in American history.
"I have never heard a lawyer get that part wrong until today," the "Last Word" host said of the interim attorney.
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The New Republic on MSNTrump Attorney Makes Embarrassing Error in Letitia James Indictment
MAGA prosecutor Lindsey Halligan is already making basic errors in her indictment of New York Attorney General (and Trump target) Letitia James. In an official court filing Thursday, Halligan listed James’s address as “Brooklyn, New Jersey” instead of New York, where Brooklyn is.
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Mediaite on MSNMSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Flays Trump Pick Halligan Over Comey Performance: ‘Courtroom Clowns’
Lawrence O’Donnell went off on Trump-picked prosecutor Lindsey Halligan over her first day in court since the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.
President Donald Trump nominated a senior White House aide as the top federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia after its U.S. attorney was pushed out on Friday.
Former FBI Director James Comey has pleaded not guilty in a criminal case that has highlighted the Justice Department’s efforts to target Trump's adversaries.