The #CourtOrders issued Tues marked an escalation, signaling active efforts by the #judges to appoint the district’s top federal prosecutor under a #federal #law that gives them the power to do so after an interim #USattorney has been in office for 120 days. That order by Lauck was followed hours later with another one from Novak, who raised the threat of #disciplinary action for anyone who describes #LindseyHalligan as the #US attorney in #legal filings.
#Trump #law #judiciary #DOJ #LegalEthics

Several #judges had suggested for weeks that #LindseyHalligan should resign & sharply questioned her continued use of the #USattorney title after an out-of-district judge, Cameron McGowan Currie, ruled in late November that the #Trump admin had used an #unlawful maneuver to install Halligan.

#law #judiciary #DOJ #LegalEthics

The separate actions by Chief Judge M. Hannah Lauck & Judge David J. Novak, who were nominated by presidents Barack Obama & Donald #Trump, respectively,
signaled a breaking point for the #federal #judiciary in the Eastern District of Virginia months after #LindseyHalligan was disqualified from serving as #USattorney in the high-profile office.
#law #DOJ #LegalEthics

Federal #judges move to oust #Trump stooge #LindseyHalligan as #USattorney

Her appointment was ruled #unlawful, but she has refused to step down.

In a pair of extraordinary moves, 2 federal judges issued #CourtOrders Tues saying they intend to remove Halligan from the helm of a key US attorney’s office in Virginia & threatening #disciplinary #sanctions for any govt #lawyer who continues to refer to her as US attorney in #legal filings.

#law #judiciary #DOJ #LegalEthics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/01/20/halligan-judges-standoff-virginia-prosecutor/

Also today if I'm counting correctly a total of TEN Federal prosceutors resigned.

Four DOJ prosecutors resigned today and six US Attonery's Office Lawyers based in Minnesota also called it quits today.

They all say they have been asked to do unethical things. Like speed through the investigation into murderous cops Jonathan Ross or in the case of the US Atty's Office, inveistage Becca Good who survived the cop shooting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhEjsrh-moI

#DOJ #USAttorney #minneapolisICE #BeccaGood

Senator #ElissaSlotkin of #Michigan says she has learned that federal prosecutors are investigating her after she took part in a video urging #military service members to resist #illegal orders.

Slotkin, a Democrat, said in an interview Monday that she found out about the inquiry from the office of #JeaninePirro, the #USattorney for DC & a longtime ally of #Trump.

#law #LegalEthics #DOJ #RevengePolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/politics/slotkin-pirro-trump-justice-dept-video.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Senator #ElissaSlotkin of #Michigan says she has learned that federal prosecutors are investigating her after she took part in a video urging #military service members to resist #illegal orders.

Slotkin, a Democrat, said in an interview Monday that she found out about the inquiry from the office of #JeaninePirro, the #USattorney for DC & a longtime ally of #Trump.

#law #LegalEthics #DOJ #RevengePolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/politics/slotkin-pirro-trump-justice-dept-video.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

6 federal prosecutors in #Minnesota resigned Tuesday over the #DOJ’s push to investigate the #widow of a woman killed by an #ICE agent & the department’s reluctance to investigate the #shooter….

Joseph H. Thompson, who was second in command at the #USattorney’s office & oversaw a sprawling fraud investigation that has roiled Minnesota’s political landscape, was among those who quit Tuesday, acc/to 3 people with knowledge of the decision.

#law #Trump #ReneeNicoleGood #murder #UseOfForce

This fucking admin🤯

#GiftArticle

6 Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate #ICE #Shooting Victim’s #Widow

Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting #USattorney for #Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the #DOJ sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups.

#ReneeNicoleGood #Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Minneapolis #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #MafiaState #RESIST
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/prosecutors-doj-resignation-ice-shooting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFA.Fg9c.R588u2NtX94E&smid=nytcore-ios-share

The office of the #USattorney in #DC [ #JeaninePirro] has unironically opened a #criminal “investigation” into #JeromePowell, the #FederalReserve chair, over the central bank’s renovation of its Washington HQ & whether Powell lied to Congress about the scope of the project…. [cough cough, #ballroom, cough cough, #EastWing, cough cough, #KennedyCenter…cough cough, cough cough…]

#law #economy #independence #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #tyranny #NewWorldOrder #recession #trumpcession

He said the #FBI informed the #BCA later Wednesday that the #USattorney’s office had changed the plan.

“The investigation would now be led solely by the FBI, & the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough & independent investigation,” Evans wrote.

#Trump #CoverUp #ReneeNicoleGood #murder #law #ExtraJudicialKillings #Minneapolis #DueProcess #UseOfForce #Constitution #CivilRights #ICE #Sturmabteilung

#Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said that after the agency consulted with the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, the #USattorney’s office & the #FBI following the Wednesday #shooting of 37-year-old mother-of-3 #ReneeNicoleGood, “it was decided that the BCA Force Investigations Unit would conduct a joint investigation with the FBI” & that the “BCA responded promptly to the scene & began coordinating investigative work in good faith.

#Trump #CoverUp #law

🚨 The head of Minnesota’s state investigations agency said Thursday that the #USattorney’s office has #barred it from taking part in the #investigation into an #ICE officer’s fatal #shooting of a #Minneapolis woman.

#Trump #CoverUp #ReneeNicoleGood #murder #law #ExtraJudicialKillings #Minnesota #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung

I need to reiterate how batshit crazy this is:

When Trump’s handpicked interim #USAttorney #LindseyHalligan briefly took the stand Wednesday, she said only 2 grand jurors reviewed the final #indictment it handed up against former FBI Director #JamesComey. Comey’s attorney then argued Halligan’s testimony indicates, “there is no indictment” against his client.

#law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics #Trump

The #Trump administration’s attempt to prosecute former FBI Director #JamesComey hit two major snags on Wednesday.

First, interim #USattorney for the Eastern District of Virginia #LindseyHalligan, who brought the #indictment, admitted the entire grand jury did not vote on the final indictment—a shocking development. Instead, only 2 grand jurors reviewed the indictment before it was presented in court.

#law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics

The #Trump administration’s attempt to prosecute former FBI Director #JamesComey hit two major snags on Wednesday.

First, interim #USattorney for the Eastern District of Virginia #LindseyHalligan, who brought the #indictment, admitted the entire grand jury did not vote on the final indictment—a shocking development. Instead, only 2 grand jurors reviewed the indictment before it was presented in court.

#law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics

I need to reiterate how batshit crazy this is:

When Trump’s handpicked interim #USAttorney #LindseyHalligan briefly took the stand Wednesday, she said only 2 grand jurors reviewed the final #indictment it handed up against former FBI Director #JamesComey. Comey’s attorney then argued Halligan’s testimony indicates, “there is no indictment” against his client.

#law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics #Trump

#JamesComey’s attorney argued Wednesday that #Trump’s Sept social media post pushing the #DOJ to prosecute is a “crystal clear” example of why his client is being charged only because of the president’s personal animosity.

The post, Dreeben, said, linked Comey to 2 other “enemies” of Trump, & portrayed his frustration that interim #USAttorney #LindseyHalligan’s predecessor was resisting bringing charges. Dreeben was referring to Sen #AdamSchiff & NYAG #LetitiaJames.

#law #RevengePolitics