Overview
- Campaign for Accountability filed complaints with the Florida and Virginia state bars alleging Halligan abused her authority in the prosecutions of James Comey and Letitia James, including claims of misrepresentations, lack of probable cause, and improper extrajudicial comments.
- The complaints reference reports that career prosecutors resisted bringing the cases and note that Erik Siebert resigned as acting EDVA U.S. attorney shortly before Halligan’s rapid appointment and the subsequent indictments.
- Comey and James have moved to dismiss their cases on grounds that Halligan was unlawfully appointed and that the prosecutions are vindictive or selective, with Comey’s latest filing arguing Halligan functioned as a presidential “stalking horse.”
- Prosecutors have opposed dismissal and filed exhibits, including emails and handwritten notes, to support the Comey charges, while Attorney General Pam Bondi has publicly praised Halligan’s work.
- Judicial scrutiny has intensified, with a magistrate judge criticizing an “indict first, investigate second” approach in the Comey matter as courts accelerate discovery and consider dismissal motions.