Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan faces backlash after off-the-record texts with a journalist spark a Justice Department ethics storm involving Comey and Letitia James prosecutions.

Anna Bower, a journalist with Lawfare, described how Trump's hand-picked prosecutor unexpectedly tried to discredit reporting on the case against Letitia James.

Bower said she and Halligan exchanged texts over the course of two days related to the indictment of James, who was charged with one count of bank fraud and one count of false statements to a financial institutions in connection with her home in Norfolk, Virginia, in 2020.

Wallace ripped into the Trump-picked interim U.S. attorney after the latter reportedly sent grand jury information to a legal reporter.

Legal experts said Lindsey Halligan’s leaked Signal texts with a reporter showed inexperience more than misconduct.

The Constitution "forbids the government from retaliating against individuals for their protected speech," the former FBI director's team argued in a court filing.

A federal judge has rejected another early motion from the Justice Department in former FBI Director James Comey’s criminal case. As was true of a ruling siding with Comey last week, the decision questions the approach taken by the Halligan-led DOJ team.

Pam Bondi and Lindsey Halligan reportedly clashed over fast-moving indictments amid Trump’s push for aggressive prosecutions