From Fox News: Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James are aiming to convince a federal judge on Thursday that Lindsey Halligan, who brought criminal charges against both of them, is an unlawful U.S. attorney.
Lawyers for Comey and James plan to make their arguments during a hearing in Virginia to Judge Cameron Currie, a Clinton appointee tasked with deciding Halligan’s fate.
President Donald Trump installed Halligan in September as the top prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia days after ousting Erik Siebert, who opposed charging Comey and James, two of the president’s top political nemeses. Amid the change, Trump posted a message to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Truth Social, indicating that he wanted revenge for his own prior prosecutions and that Bondi needed to act fast.
Halligan, a former insurance lawyer with no prosecutorial experience, brought the indictments almost immediately. Her name was the lone signature on each of them, and no Virginia prosecutors joined the case.
The report explains that Comey’s and James’ lawyers are claiming Halligan’s appointment was defective because Bondi improperly designated her as an interim U.S. attorney after Siebert had already served in that position, which had a 120-day term limit that had expired.
Since Halligan was the only prosecutor to sign the grand jury indictments, legal experts are warning that could sink the indictments.
ABOUT THIS JUDGE: Cameron McGowan Currie, 77, is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton in January 1994, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in March 2024.
DEVELOPING: James Comey’s army of lawyers is petitioning Clinton-appointed judge Cameron Currie to dismiss his perjury/obstruction case on technicalities, including claiming prosecutor Lindsey Halligan was “unlawfully appointed” and didnt have authorization to sign the indictment
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) November 5, 2025
Former President Bill Clinton appointed Cameron McGowan Currie in 1994 as the first woman to serve on a federal trial court in South Carolina. https://t.co/ZXtP372nPf
— National Law Journal (@TheNLJ) October 24, 2025
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Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James are aiming to convince a federal judge on Thursday that Lindsey Halligan, who brought criminal c… https://t.co/3KgMxE5Slh— Elwin Sidney (@ElwinSidney) November 13, 2025
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