A judge has ordered the Donald Trump-appointed lawyer who led failed prosecutions of two of his political opponents to explain why she is still representing herself as US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia, after another judge ruled she was in the position unlawfully.
In an order filed in the district’s Richmond division on Tuesday, Lindsey Halligan was given seven days to explain why she had engaged in “professional misconduct” by continuing to sign indictments.
Halligan, Trump’s former personal lawyer, was installed by the p
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