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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.
Halligan, who twice competed in the Miss Colorado USA pageant, will now lead one of the nation’s most important federal prosecutor offices.
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.