Trump says he will nominate his former attorney to lead key prosecutor's office

[highplainsdem]

Source: ABC

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Lindsey Halligan, who is currently working in the White House staff secretary's office, represented Trump for a time during the classified documents investigation.

Trump made the announcement in a post on his social media platform, saying the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia needed a "tough prosecutor" in order "to get things moving."

The post went on to say: "What we don’t need is a Democrat Endorsed 'Republican.' I will be nominating Lindsey Halligan to be the United States Attorney in this very important part of our Great Country. She will be Fair, Smart, and will provide, desperately needed, JUSTICE FOR ALL!"

The announcement comes a day after the previous head of that office, Erik Siebert, resigned his position amid pressure from Trump administration officials to bring a criminal case against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-nominate-former-attorney-lead-key-prosecutors-office/story?id=125775601

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Ron Filipkowski thinks this legal bimbo may even become AG unless Bondi indicts more of his enemies.

This is who Trump is floating as his new AG unless Bondi starts indicting his enemies.

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-09-21T00:33:21.414Z

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Surprisingly she is blond.

I like being laconic.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Is the "photo fraud" allegation from 2024? Is this clip from 2024?

DuckDuckGo search result:

The Express Tribune

https://tribune.com.pk › story › 2498902 › laura-loomer-threatens-to-sue-cnn-over-fake-photos-of-her-and-trump
Laura Loomer threatens to sue CNN over 'fake' photos of her and Trump
Sep 26, 2024 Right-wing journalist Laura Loomer has threatened to sue CNN after the network aired "digitally altered" photos of her and former President Donald Trump. The images were broadcast during ...

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. From 2022: "Trump Begs Supporters For Donations Toward 'Upcoming' CNN Lawsuit"

Sat, August 6, 2022 at 5:47 PM GMT+1

Further pushing the defamation claims, Lindsey Halligan, a Florida lawyer for Trump, said on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast on July 29 that “the big lie” was a German phrase penned in a book by Adolf Hitler, Insider reported.

“CNN branded Trump as a liar, and referred to his questions regarding voter fraud as ‘the big lie,’ which is actually linked to Adolf Hitler,” Halligan said.

While the lawsuit has yet to materialize, Trump’s legal team claimed he “subjectively believes” the election was stolen. However, at this time, no evidence of voter fraud has been found.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-begs-supporters-donations-toward-164711363.html

Trump lost, initially, but appealed - I can't see if that's reached a decision yet:

U.S. District Judge Raag Singhal in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, found that CNN’s use of “big lie” and the comparisons to Hitler were opinions, not facts.
“Being ‘Hitler-like’ is not a verifiable statement of fact that would support a defamation claim,” Singhal said.
Trump is appealing the order.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trumps-lawsuits-against-media-companies-2024-12-20/

(the BlueSky post in the OP says "voter fraud", not "photo fraud" )

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Wow, thank you. I think I misheard it as photo fraud from the clip. Good research . . . nt

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Hitler did it first, but Turnip did it more thoroughly. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Sounds just like Putin!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. This idiot has no criminal experience

[highplainsdem]

7. Which makes her a useful idiot.