“A Justice Department lawyer on Thursday defended the legality of Lindsey Halligan’s appointment as acting U.S. attorney to a skeptical federal judge who’s weighing whether to dismiss cases she brought against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James,” NBC News reports.
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