[U: Ghost.] "Imposter" US Atty. Lindsey Halligan's Nonsensical Response -- Eastern District Of Virginia

Update 01.20.2026: she's been put out. The fight escalated sharply on Tuesday [01.20.2026], when judges in the Eastern District of Virginia took the extraordinary step of publicly appealing for applicants to replace Ms. Halligan, whose short tumultuous tenure was marred by significant missteps in court. End update.

What a steaming pile of orange elephant dung, this is. And perhaps that unduly insults [useful for fertilizer!]. . . elephant dung.

[And our prior coverage may be found here.]

In any event, here's all that silliness, and a bit:

. . .True, federal courts possess inherent authority “to manage their own affairs as to achieve the orderly and expeditious disposition of cases,” Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32, 43 (1991), but that bears little resemblance to what the Court proposes here. The Court’s proposal is not to manage its own affairs but to prevent the Executive Branch from acting according to its own legal position in this litigation. And using disciplinary authority to manage the Executive Branch’s affairs would be anything but the “great caution” with which the Court’s disciplinary authority “ought to be exercised.” Id.

To answer the Court’s inquisition directly: “the basis for Ms. Halligan’s identification of herself as the United States Attorney, notwithstanding Judge Currie’s contrary ruling” is that, in the Government’s view, Ms. Halligan is the United States Attorney, and Judge Currie’s ruling did not and could not require the United States to acquiesce to her contrary (and erroneous) legal reasoning outside of those cases. . . .

See, kids -- when a federal judge rules (echoing Nixon in 1971), it's. . . "just a suggestion", if you are a Trump acolyte, on the government payroll.

Poppycock. Prepare for a disciplinary inquiry, Lindsey.

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