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bigtree

(92,666 posts)
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 06:38 PM Wednesday

3rd runner-up in a Miss Colorado pageant, turned insurance lawyer, turned US Attorney, was hired just to indict Comey

this is the woman Trump chose to press his case about 'wokeness' in Smithsonian exhibits.

Halligan is apparently the only one Trump could find to bring a case against Comey, a highly dubious effort which DOJ's prosecutors (including an inspector general) have said has very little chance of success, WEEKS before the five-year statute of limitations runs out.


Lindsey Halligan, special assistant to the president, fixes an earring at the end of an interview outside of the White House on Aug. 20.

Acyn @Acyn
Halligan: What I saw going through the museum personally was an overemphasis on slavery, and I think there should be an overemphasis on how far we’ve come. We should be able to take our kids, our students through the Smithsonian and be proud when we leave.

twitter.com/Acyn/status/1958232384475972043

___Lindsey Halligan, a special assistant to the president, spoke to Fox News on Wednesday after the president blasted the Smithsonian on Truth Social for being “OUT OF CONTROL” for discussing “how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/smithsonian-has-overemphasis-on-slavery-says-trump-aide-leading-audit/ar-AA1KTNIE


wiki:

___Halligan attended Holy Family High school, and after graduation attended Regis University in Denver and earned a degree in political science and broadcast journalism. She competed in the Miss Colorado USA pageant twice in 2009 she was a semifinalist, and in 2010 she was third runner up.

She attended Regis University, where she obtained her degree in politics. She was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2014. Halligan was a partner at Cole, Scott and Kissane in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and handled residential and commercial insurance claims.

Halligan was second chair to another lawyer defending an insurance company at a two-day trial against three Miami homeowners who had suffered damaged roofs. A judge would not award her attorneys fees because he ruled that her team did not act "in good faith."

Halligan has represented Donald Trump since 2022. By August 2022, she had never handled a federal case. She was at Mar-a-Lago during the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago in August 2022, quickly became involved in Trump's lawsuit in October 2022 against CNN for allegedly comparing Trump to Hitler, and has been involved in his defense against the federal government in the classified documents case.

Halligan is the local counsel for the case spawned by the FBI's execution of a search warrant at Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago, which Halligan said came as a "huge surprise," in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and filed the Motions to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Evan Corcoran and James Trusty, initially on August 22, 2022. She was one of the few lawyers working for Trump who was on site during the FBI search. She said Trump's subsequent indictment goes "for the jugular".

Trump's Save America PAC paid Halligan $212,000 from June 2022 to June 2023.
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Newly appointed US attorney will attempt to charge James Comey despite prosecutors finding no probable cause: Sources

Earlier this week, prosecutors presented Lindsey Halligan -- Trump’s former personal attorney whom he appointed to lead the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia -- with a detailed memo recommending that she decline to bring perjury and obstruction charges against Comey, the sources familiar with the memo said.

Despite their recommendations, Halligan -- who has never prosecuted a criminal case in her career as an insurance lawyer -- plans to present evidence to a grand jury before the statute of limitations for the alleged offense expires next week, the sources said.

Halligan’s apparent plan to seek charges against Comey follows a clear directive from Trump, who over the weekend directly called for prosecutions against Comey, Sen. Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

According to sources, Halligan’s deputy -- a prosecutor who was briefly assigned to lead the office just a day before Trump appointed Halligan to the high-profile position -- has also expressed reservations about bringing the politically charged case.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/newly-appointed-us-attorney-attempt-charge-james-comey/story?id=125906268

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3rd runner-up in a Miss Colorado pageant, turned insurance lawyer, turned US Attorney, was hired just to indict Comey (Original Post) bigtree Wednesday OP
Another Barbie Bimbo. Irish_Dem Wednesday #1
+1 dalton99a Thursday #18
Calling my London bookie bucolic_frolic Wednesday #2
Trump is making a mockery of our entire legal system. sop Wednesday #3
The 6 Justices of the Confederacy on the Supreme Court are doing a much better job of making a mockery of the law maxrandb Wednesday #11
I truly believe it will be their total incompetence that will save our democracy. Midnight Writer Wednesday #4
It will be interesting to see if she can convince a grand jury to indict. rsdsharp Wednesday #5
Insurance attorney? Haha newdeal2 Wednesday #6
Storm roof damage attorney. sop Wednesday #8
What the actual fuck? Initech Wednesday #7
SHAME ON LINDSEY HALLIGAN'S GASLIT BULLSHIT! Cha Wednesday #9
Typical looking dump skank. Clouds Passing Wednesday #10
As we would say in the Navy maxrandb Wednesday #12
Hey it costs a lot of money to look that cheap. Irish_Dem Thursday #19
more from Ben Wittes bigtree Wednesday #13
I'm no fan of Comey but if she manages to secure an indictment Arazi Wednesday #14
3rd runner-up? So, like 4th place? In Colorado. Good for her, or something. n/t flvegan Wednesday #15
Pretty sure, that would put her at 4th place. Emile Wednesday #16
The swimsuit part of the trial should be epic Johonny Wednesday #17
One can only imagine what she did for the talent portion of the pageant. Irish_Dem Thursday #20

sop

(16,202 posts)
3. Trump is making a mockery of our entire legal system.
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 06:46 PM
Wednesday

Someone has to put an end to this shit. Republicans...WTF are you thinking?

maxrandb

(16,864 posts)
11. The 6 Justices of the Confederacy on the Supreme Court are doing a much better job of making a mockery of the law
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 08:55 PM
Wednesday

Midnight Writer

(24,774 posts)
4. I truly believe it will be their total incompetence that will save our democracy.
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 06:48 PM
Wednesday

One of the appeals of fascism is orderliness.

There is no one in this Administration with the skills and experience to "make the trains run on time".

God has blessed us with stupid opponents.

Next time I doubt we will be so blessed.

rsdsharp

(11,356 posts)
5. It will be interesting to see if she can convince a grand jury to indict.
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 06:49 PM
Wednesday

If she gets over that hurdle, let’s see how she does when there’s defense counsel on the other side, and a judge presiding.

newdeal2

(4,221 posts)
6. Insurance attorney? Haha
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 06:55 PM
Wednesday

She will fail but is hoping that her loyalty will be repaid. In reality, Trump will see her as a loser and move on to a new target.

bigtree

(92,666 posts)
13. more from Ben Wittes
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 09:08 PM
Wednesday

Sarah Longwell is joined by Ben Wittes to break down the likely to push indictment of James Comey as Donald Trump continues to push Pam Bondi's DOJ for charges against Comey, Letitia James, and Adam Schiff. Wittes explains the possible charges they could attempt to bring, and why none of them will stick.


Arazi

(8,393 posts)
14. I'm no fan of Comey but if she manages to secure an indictment
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 09:13 PM
Wednesday

Comey and his legal team (cause he’ll hire the best) are going to chew her up and spit her out in pieces once it gets to court.

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