Reporter publishes 'unsolicited' texts from Trump's handpicked prosecutor about Letitia James case - CNN The Source

[Rhiannon12866]

CNN's Kaitlan Collins hosts Lawfare Senior Editor Anna Bower, who published a series of text messages she exchanged with Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney in Virginia, Lindsey Halligan, about the Letitia James case. - Aired on 10/20/2025.

[Deuxcents]

1. Where can we read these messages?

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Good question, I was hoping she'd share that.

Lawfare?

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3. I wonder why all the texts had to be "off the record"

and then I remembered this from the West Wing...

Maybe Lindsey isn't aware of rule 6e of the rules for federal prosecutions...

At 1:59 in this clip

And, yes, I know... it was a TV show with likely a lot of inaccuracies about legal things... otoh, a federal prosecutor talking to a reporter about a grand jury testimony and indictment might just be a big "no-no" legally speaking.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Thanks so much! Great find!

[hlthe2b]

5. Oh, "Ainsley..." I remember the actress and the character and her NC accent...

I'm quite acccustomed to southern accents, but hers hit my ear in a way I could scarcely stand it. And, no, I don't experience that from others from her area of NC. Maybe it was just WHAT she was saying...