Lindsey Halligan headed to criminal contempt judgment. This opinion and order is from a Trump-appointed judge, giving her notice of referral to disciplinary proceedings if she does not stop using the title of U.S. Attorney. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.586311/gov.uscourts.vaed.586311.23.0.pdf
In the rest of this thread, selected quotes from an opinion unlike any I have ever seen. 1/
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@heidilifeldman Wow. Although Trump could pardon her if they hold her in criminal contempt, I’m pretty sure there’s not much he could do if she gets disbarred.
@heidilifeldman yikes. Pro tip: do NOT piss off TWO Fed Circuit judges. Very not advisable.
“Ms. Halligan’s response, in which she was joined by both the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General, contains a level of vitriol more appropriate for a cable news talk show and falls far beneath the level of advocacy expected from litigants in this Court, particularly the Department of Justice.“ 2/
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Lolz. She's seen other MAGA officials crapping on the courts from a safe distance, and thought she could do it on the courtroom floor as well 😂
“Importantly, in the face of Judge Currie’s rulings, Ms. Halligan had numerous legal options that could have potentially allowed her to validly identify herself as the United States Attorney while the Senate considers her nomination.” 3/
" Some of my colleagues have orally struck the invalid moniker, while
others have made notations that indicate their rejection of Ms. Halligan’s identification as the
United States Attorney. I elected to give Ms. Halligan an opportunity to explain her position,
which led to the Order dated January 6, 2026 (ECF No. 16).
After reviewing Ms. Halligan’s
filing and piercing through the unnecessary rhetoric, I find her position to be unavailing. "
Same.
[I]instead, she elected to simply ignore valid court orders issued by Judge Currie at the direction of the Chief Judge of the Fourth Circuit. The Court cannot tolerate such obstinance, because doing so would undermine the very essence of the Rule of Law. If the Court were to allow Ms. Halligan and the Department of Justice to pick and choose which orders that they will follow, the same would have to be true for other litigants and our system of justice would crumble.” 4/
‘Simply flouting a judicial order because of a disagreement of “interpretation' and acting like that order does not exist is simply not an option.’ 5/
