Trump’s Beauty Queen Prosecutor Frozen Out After Court Says She Was Never Legally Appointed

Lindsey Halligan — the Trump-picked prosecutor tasked with targeting two of the president’s political rivals — has reportedly been sidelined from internal discussions about whether she’s even still employed at the U.S. attorney’s office.

Halligan, a former Miss Colorado pageant contestant with zero criminal law experience, was ruled by a federal judge to have been unlawfully installed as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. The decision effectively voided her prosecutions of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

The Department of Justice is still determining how it can pursue the cases against Comey and James as part of Trump’s revenge tour, with Halligan’s role as a top federal prosecutor in limbo following the decision from U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie. A source told CNN that Halligan is not involved in internal DOJ discussions about whether the department will continue the cases without her, and it is not even clear whether she will report to her office in Alexandria on Monday.

A source added that Attorney General Pam Bondi spoke with Halligan after Currie, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton, ruled that Trump’s former personal attorney was serving unlawfully as a federal prosecutor but offered no clarity on whether she still has a job.

The confusion over Halligan’s status was part of a CNN report detailing the chaotic and gaffe-filled 63-day tenure at the Virginia office. Halligan was tapped by Trump and named interim U.S. attorney after her predecessor, Erik Siebert, resigned after refusing to bow to pressure to charge Comey and James with disputed allegations of lying to Congress and fraud, respectively.

Last month, the inexperienced Halligan was accused of possible prosecutorial misconduct after it emerged that a grand jury did not see the full and final indictment it was supposed to approve before the foreperson signed the charging document against Comey.

The DOJ is considering appealing the ruling that declared Halligan’s appointment unlawful and may still try to refile charges against Comey and James.

An official close to DOJ headquarters denied to CNN that Halligan is being excluded from discussions about whether she is still considered a federal prosecutor and said the department will issue a memo stating that Halligan was not removed as a result of Currie’s ruling.

An internal email from Justice Department officials, seen by CNN, instructed the U.S. attorney’s office to refer to Halligan with the twice-misspelled title of “Unites States Attorny,” as well as “special ”U.S. Attorney.”

As of early Monday morning, Halligan is still listed as the lead attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia’s website.

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