Lindsey Halligan was sworn in as top federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia, becoming the office’s third leader in as many days after its former chief was pushed out for not bringing fraud charges against New York’s attorney general.
Halligan was sworn in as interim US attorney on Monday, according to a Justice Department official. Her elevation caps off a tumultuous weekend for the influential office, which covers Richmond and parts of Northern Virginia in the Washington suburbs.
Halligan, a White House aide who has never been a prosecutor, replaces Maggie Cleary, a conservative lawyer tapped to lead ...