"When a federal judge orders the government to explain why it persists in calling someone the United States Attorney after another judge already established that the appointment was illegal, there are really only two ways that can go. Either the Department of Justice sheepishly admits that it's committing a fraud upon the court with its signature blocks, or files an 11-page motion that says, "Rule of law? Never heard of her.""
"But thread it they nonetheless tried. In today's filing - flagged by Chris Geidner - the Justice Department responded with 11 pages of "How dare you, sir!" Backing up its indignation, the DOJ offers... well, not much. The filing is remarkable not because it's unpersuasive - though it is certainly not - but because it manages to be wrong in so many different ways while insisting, loudly, that everyone else is misunderstanding how courts work."
"As you recall, when Judge Cameron McGowan Currie tossed purported indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and current NY Attorney General Letitia James, she noted that Lindsey Halligan was illegally pretending to be the interim U.S. Attorney. The insurance lawyer with zero prosecutorial experience landed in the role after Donald Trump posted a DM intended for Pam Bondi complaining that she hadn't done enough to baselessly prosecute his enemies."
A federal judge ordered the government to explain why Lindsey Halligan continues to be listed as the United States Attorney after another judge found her appointment illegal. The Department of Justice filed an 11-page response expressing indignation and defending Halligan's continued use of the title while offering little substantive justification. Judge Cameron McGowan Currie had ruled that Halligan was not lawfully serving as interim U.S. Attorney and had tossed indictments partly for that reason. Halligan is an insurance lawyer with no prosecutorial experience who assumed the role after a presidential direct message prompted action and the previous interim U.S. Attorney, Erik Siebert, was removed.
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