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Comey and James Challenge Appointment of Lindsey Halligan, Trump Loyalist Prosecuting Them

The judge in the case gave little signal of how she intended to rule, but her promise to decide within two weeks was a clear sign that she wanted to move quickly.

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President Trump put Lindsey Halligan in charge of the U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia with explicit public instructions to go after his rivals.
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Judge Berates Justice Dept. in Its Prosecution of Comey

The flashpoint was the Justice Department’s failure to turn over seized communications from a confidant of Mr. Comey’s, Daniel C. Richman, a law professor at Columbia University.

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Former F.B.I. director James B. Comey as he appeared during the hearing on Capitol Hill in 2017.
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Judge Rebukes Justice Dept. Over Efforts to Obtain Confidential Patient Details

In a scathing order, a judge in Washington State said the government’s real purpose was to intimidate providers into dropping or paring back transgender care.

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Judge Jamal N. Whitehead of Federal District Court in the Western District of Washington cited Attorney General Pam Bondi’s provocative public statements about transgender people and gender-related medical care in is ruling.
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