Lindsey Halligan, the new US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, has no experience as a prosecutor.
The US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia is one of the most significant positions in the Department of Justice.
Erik Siebert, the federal prosecutor whom President Donald Trump pushed out Friday for declining to prosecute his political enemies, had extensive experience. He is listed as an attorney on 675 federal cases. His replacement, Lindsey Halligan, a 36-year-old former Florida insurance lawyer, has worked on only three.
But for an administration in which loyalty reigns supreme, what matters is whom Halligan represented in each of those federal cases: Trump.
I’m more optimistic. Eventually it will again. I don’t know how long, but dictatorships don’t last forever. The topic will be covered in the future, and our time will be in it.