"Driving the news: The government filed notices Friday that it is appealing Senior District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie's orders to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Blanche said Sunday he expects appellate review to go in the government's favor. Friction point: ButHalligan's continued service - despite a judge deeming all actions stemming from her "defective appointment" to be "unlawful exercises of executive power" - has sparked frustration among judges."
"Flashback: Attorney General Pam Bondi swiftly vowed to take " all available legal action, including an immediate appeal" to challenge the dismissals. But that formal notice of appeal didn't come for weeks. In the meantime, grand juries declined to again indict James - twice. What's inside: "I conclude that all actions flowing from Ms. Halligan's defective appointment, including securing and signing" the indictments, "constitute unlawful exercises of executive power and must be set aside," McGowan Currie found in both cases last month."
A federal judge found Lindsey Halligan was not lawfully acting as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and set aside actions stemming from her appointment as unlawful. The Department of Justice filed notices appealing Senior District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie's orders to the 4th U.S. Circuit. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche defended Halligan and expressed confidence in an appellate reversal. Some judges reacted with frustration, including removing Halligan's name from filings. Attorney General Pam Bondi pledged legal action but delayed a formal appeal notice for weeks. Grand juries declined to reindict the target twice, amid a mass exodus of career employees and apparent internal dysfunction.
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