FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — The Florida Bar has opened an investigation into Lindsey Halligan, a former White House aide to President Donald Trump who briefly served as acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia before a court ruled her appointment unlawful.
The inquiry follows a complaint filed by the watchdog group Campaign for Accountability. A Florida Bar spokesperson confirmed an investigation is pending but declined to comment further because disciplinary proceedings are confidential.
The complaint focuses on Halligan’s short tenure leading the Virginia federal prosecutor’s office, one of the Justice Department’s most prominent districts. Halligan, who previously served as a lawyer for Trump and had not worked as a federal prosecutor before the appointment, was installed in the role in September after the Trump administration forced out her predecessor.
During her time in the position, Halligan pursued criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, both political opponents of Trump.
Court proceedings soon raised questions about the prosecutions. A judge criticized Halligan for what he called “fundamental misstatements of the law,” including statements made to a grand jury regarding Comey’s Fifth Amendment rights.
A separate judge later dismissed both prosecutions, ruling Halligan’s appointment as acting U.S. attorney was unlawful. She stepped down from the role in January.
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