"Halligan's appointment as US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was almost certainly illegal. And even if Halligan was legally appointed, her own incompetence and missteps might well doom this case anyway. Mind the gap Initially Halligan tried to secure a three-count indictment charging the former FBI director with: 1) false statements under questioning by Senator Lindsey Graham; 2) false statements under questioning by Senator Ted Cruz; and 3) obstruction of Congress."
"Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, who was seconded from South Carolina to hear the disqualification motion, signaled that something went awry when either Halligan or her first assistant Maggie Cleary was negotiating to get a clean "true bill." After first ordering the government to produce the grand jury record on October 28, the judge issued a second order calling the prior production incomplete and directing Halligan to produce everything, including "statements made prior to and after the testimony of the witness and"
Lindsey Halligan defended her record and filed multiple docket entries asserting there were no missing grand jury minutes and correcting a clerical typo. Her appointment as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia may have been illegal. Halligan initially sought a three-count indictment against Jim Comey charging false statements to Senators Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz and obstruction of Congress. Jurors rejected the first count but returned indictments on the second and third counts. At least three signed versions of the indictment show inconsistent count labeling. Judge Cameron McGowan Currie ordered production of the grand jury record and then directed production of all materials, including statements made before and after witness testimony.
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