Hans Mahncke@HansMahncke
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\nThis article is interesting for what it reveals about the leak dynamics (remember: the news is fake, but the leaks are real). \u201cSources familiar\u201d claim Lindsey Halligan doesn\u2019t have backing from either EDVA lawyers or Main Justice. That fits with how she got the job in the first place\u2014Trump kept getting stonewalled, which finally drove him to send that blunt Truth at Pam Bondi. So while some insist everything is all sunshine and roses, there are unmistakably civil wars playing out inside DOJ. The upshot is that in trying to paint Halligan as isolated, CNN ends up making her look heroic: no support, no time to prepare, and yet she personally walked into a grand jury room full of DC suburb TDS sufferers and convinced them to indict Comey. Absolutely legendary.<\/p>\n
Aaron Blake@AaronBlake
\nA sign of what the broader DOJ seems to think of the Comey prosecution:<\/p>\n
“DOJ headquarters declined to provide lawyers to assist Halligan, and FBI agents and lawyers working to prepare her were denied their request for a para-legal professional …”<\/p>\n
https:\/\/x.com\/AaronBlake\/status\/1973348644586983918<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/30\/politics\/lindsey-halligan-trump-attorney-comey-indictment<\/a><\/p>\n DOJ gave Trump\u2019s handpicked US attorney little support to indict Comey. Hans Mahncke@HansMahncke \u20221h This article is interesting for what it reveals about the leak dynamics (remember: the news is fake, but the leaks are real). \u201cSources familiar\u201d claim Lindsey Halligan doesn\u2019t have backing from either EDVA lawyers or Main Justice. … Continue reading
\nShe did it anyway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"