New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted on bank fraud charges after President Trump pressured the DOJ to investigate her. Lindsey Halligan, a former insurance lawyer, was recently assigned to the case.

O’Donnell tied Halligan’s struggles to a string of failed Trump-era appointments, including Alina Habba and Sigal Chattah, both ruled unlawfully serving as U.S. attorneys. “Trump,” he said, “is appointing loyalists, not lawyers.”

President Trump announced Saturday that he would be nominating Lindsey Halligan to serve as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

The Attorney General was not informed ahead of Lindsey Halligan presenting to a grand jury in the Letitia James indictment.

"I have never heard a lawyer get that part wrong until today," the "Last Word" host said of the interim attorney.

Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to charges brought by President Trump's Justice Department in a Virginia federal court Wednesday, multiple outlets reported. The big picture: Trump exerted public pressure on his attorney general to bring charges against Comey in a breach of precedent that could mark the start of his push for legal retribution against his political foes.

They’re all guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done.” Then we almost put in a Democrat supported U.S. Attorney, in Virginia, with a really bad Republican past. A Woke RINO, who was never going to do his job.

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.