"U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan sent Lawfare Senior Editor Anna Bower dozens of text messages earlier this month to complain about her reporting and then attempted to claim after the fact that the conversation was off the record. It was most certainly not off the record, and on Monday evening, Bower published screenshots of their texts."
"Halligan, President Donald Trump's former attorney before he appointed her as U.S. Attorney, was annoyed about tweets Bower had posted regarding the prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump nemesis for the civil judgment her office obtained against the president and his company last year. The massive financial penalty was tossed out by a New York appeals court a few months ago, but the ruling seemed to do little to calm the president's ire towards James."
Anna Bower received a Signal message that purported to be from Lindsey Halligan and then exchanged dozens of texts with Halligan. Halligan complained about Bower's tweets about the prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James and later attempted to characterize the exchange as off the record. Bower published screenshots showing the conversation was not off the record. Halligan previously served as President Donald Trump's attorney before becoming U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Contact by a U.S. attorney about an ongoing prosecution drew public scrutiny given the high-profile nature of the case.
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