The only thing that might save us from these people working for Trump is the fact that so many of them are completely incompetent: Trump DOJ Prosecutor Sent Journalist Dozens of Texts — Then Tried to Claim ‘Off the Record’:
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan sent Lawfare Senior Editor Anna Bower dozens of text messages earlier this month to complain about her reporting — and then attempted to claim after the fact that the conversation was off the record.
It was most certainly not off the record, and on Monday evening, Bower published screenshots of their texts.
Here’s Collins reporting on the story from the clip above:
COLLINS: As James Comey’s attorneys are arguing that Lindsay Halligan was improperly appointed to her role. Trump’s handpicked U.S. attorney in Virginia is attracting scrutiny for another reason.
Lindsay Halligan reportedly spent some 33 hours on and off during a recent weekend texting with a reporter, not in regards to Comey’s case, but that of another one of the president’s targets, New York Attorney General Letitia James. It was reporting on that case that kickstarted this back and forth that you’re about to see. Let me explain.
