Lindsey Halligan out as U.S. attorney following pressure from judges

[Hume]

Lindsey Halligan, a Trump administration lawyer who was named head of a key U.S. attorney’s office in Virginia last year with instructions to seek criminal charges against President Donald Trump’s perceived political adversaries, left her post at the Justice Department on Tuesday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/01/20/halligan-judges-standoff-virginia-prosecutor/

 

[Hawkeye10]

I have not seen any reporting but I suspected long ago that she was set up by staff, who are looking after the Swamp.

 

[Hume]

I have not seen any reporting but I suspected long ago that she was set up by staff, who are looking after the Swamp.

yeah swamp n' stuff

 

[Crepitus]

Lindsey Halligan, a Trump administration lawyer who was named head of a key U.S. attorney’s office in Virginia last year with instructions to seek criminal charges against President Donald Trump’s perceived political adversaries, left her post at the Justice Department on Tuesday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/01/20/halligan-judges-standoff-virginia-prosecutor/

"left her post" implies she wasn't forced out.

We all know that she was.

 

[Hume]

"left her post" implies she wasn't forced out.

We all know that she was.

Indeed. She never should have been there.