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LetMyPeopleVote

(175,726 posts)
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 11:30 AM 22 hrs ago

Embattled Trump DOJ prosecutor out after stinging court rebukes

This makes me smile

Embattled Trump DOJ prosecutor out after stinging court rebukes

#TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-01-21T02:01:35.000Z

https://www.rawstory.com/lindsey-halligan-2674914897/

Embattled interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan is departing the Department of Justice, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Tuesday.

Halligan's departure comes at a time when President Donald Trump has put increased pressure on the agency to prosecute his political enemies. According to reports, Trump has privately raged that Bondi is "weak and ineffective." He also cornered some of his U.S. Attorneys during a recent photoshoot and told them to prosecute his enemies more quickly.

Halligan is a former insurance lawyer who represented Trump during his civil fraud case in New York in 2024. She was brought on as an interim U.S. Attorney last year to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Both cases have since fallen apart as courts ruled Halligan is illegally serving in her role.
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Embattled Trump DOJ prosecutor out after stinging court rebukes (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote 22 hrs ago OP
I'm sure she has her night job lapfog_1 22 hrs ago #1
WAY past time--she was ordered out a few weeks ago but hung around anyways. I do riversedge 21 hrs ago #2
The judge found that Halligan was too stupid to disbar LetMyPeopleVote 17 hrs ago #3
How can you be too stupid to disbar? ananda 17 hrs ago #4

riversedge

(79,732 posts)
2. WAY past time--she was ordered out a few weeks ago but hung around anyways. I do
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 12:17 PM
21 hrs ago

hope that the Judge stays safe.

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,726 posts)
3. The judge found that Halligan was too stupid to disbar
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 04:00 PM
17 hrs ago

This is also my favorite part of this opinion

My favorite part of Judge Novak's ruling on Lindsey Halligan is that basically she's too dumb to disbar.

Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2026-01-21T17:34:37.362Z

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