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In It to Win It

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 08:41 PM Nov 2025

AG Pam Bondi says she has retroactively appointed former Trump attorney Lindsey Halligan as a "special attorney" for DOJ

Here's the DOJ filing, submitted today in both the James Comey and Letitia James cases, defending Lindsey Halligan's appointment: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-11-04T00:27:16.609Z

And here's the magical mystery appointment: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-11-04T00:29:02.562Z

In USA v Comey, "for the avoidance of doubt," AG Pam Bondi purports to retroactively appoint Halligan under a different statute and to "ratify" her grand jury presentation & signature on the indictment—a month after the statute of limitation ran out.

Roger Parloff (@rparloff.bsky.social) 2025-11-03T22:51:19.825Z
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AG Pam Bondi says she has retroactively appointed former Trump attorney Lindsey Halligan as a "special attorney" for DOJ (Original Post) In It to Win It Nov 2025 OP
There are some decisions I made in my life that I retroactively wish I had not made. mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 #1
Means she did NOT appoint Halligan!!!! elleng Nov 2025 #2
Can't this clown Bondi be retroactively arrested for impersonating an attorney general? RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Nov 2025 #3

mahatmakanejeeves

(69,838 posts)
1. There are some decisions I made in my life that I retroactively wish I had not made.
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 08:48 PM
Nov 2025

Does that mean I can get out of them?

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