AdvertisementAttorney General Pam Bondi ushered Halligan into the role of interim U.S. attorney on Sept. 22 after the incumbent U.S. attorney, Trump appointee Erik Siebert, resigned. Siebert had stepped down rather than submit to a reported pressure campaign to prosecute both Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Halligan told the judge that while she had prepared a three-count indictment against Comey, she had only signed the two-count indictment. Meanwhile, in a statement after the dismissal, Abbe Lowell, Letitia James’ attorney, said the judge’s order acknowledged what’s been clear from the start of the prosecutions. Bondi tried to avoid a similar fate with Halligan once Comey challenged Halligan’s appointment and moved to dismiss the indictment on that basis.

Source: Huffington Post November 24, 2025 18:00 UTC