Lindsey Halligan has left the Department of Justice after a federal judge threatened disciplinary actions against the controversial U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Jan. 20.

Halligan, a former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, was the prosecutor who brought charges against Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James last year.

Those cases were dismissed in November 2025 after a U.S. district judge ruled Halligan was not lawfully chosen to head the office for the Eastern District of Virginia. The Department of Justice has appealed the dismissals.