"The case was doomed from the outset. Florida insurance lawyer Lindsey Halligan was LARPing as US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia on a legal theory which had already been rejected by three - and now five!- federal courts. The New York Times reported that a grand jury in Norfolk heard testimony from the niece in June, who insisted that she never paid rent."
"The New York Times reported that a grand jury in Norfolk heard testimony from the niece in June, who insisted that she never paid rent. But when Halligan presented to a grand jury in Alexandria in October, the niece was never called. When Lawfare reporter Anna Bower tweeted out the Times story, Halligan messaged her on Signal, insisting that the reporting was wrong and then demanding after the fact that the conversation be off the record."
"Just before Thanksgiving, Judge Cameron Currie ruled that Halligan was never validly appointed, and since her name was the only one on the indictment, the case was dismissed. Bondi vowed to appeal, but so far the government hasn't asked the Fourth Circuit to weigh in. Perhaps it dawned on someone at Main Justice that a "win" would simply reanimate the original, terrible James case, along with the even more defective Comey indictment. Instead, they've opted to try to replicate the charges, minus some of the"
A Norfolk grand jury declined to reindict New York Attorney General Letitia James on allegations of lying on a 2020 mortgage application for a Virginia house for her niece. Florida insurance lawyer Lindsey Halligan led the prosecution despite a legal theory previously rejected by multiple federal courts. The niece testified in June that she never paid rent but was not called before an October Alexandria grand jury. Career prosecutor Erik Seibert declined to indict, and Judge Cameron Currie later ruled Halligan was never validly appointed, leading to dismissal of the indictment. The government has not yet sought Fourth Circuit review.
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