Lindsey Halligan—the top prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia—was texting me. As it turned out, she was texting me about a criminal case she is pursuing against one of the president’s perceived political enemies: New York Attorney General Letitia James.
So began my two-day text correspondence with the woman President Donald Trump had installed, in no small part, to bring the very prosecution she was now discussing with me by text message.
Over the next 33 hours, Halligan texted me again.
And again.
And again.
And again.
Through the whole of our correspondence, however, there is something Halligan never said: She never said a word suggesting that she was not “on the record.”
It all tracks perfectly with “rules for thee but not for me.”
Through the whole of our correspondence, however, there is something Halligan never said: She never said a word suggesting that she was not “on the record.”
They’re not sending their best…
If you bring people in based on their personal loyalty, you select against competence. Competent people will tell you when you’re wrong and they’ll tell you things you don’t want to hear.
This is an administration built to be loyal, not competent.
Yes they are.
…but that’s worse.
