Lindsey Halligan Is Not A Serious Lawyer

I thought the text chat with the reporter was an aberration. I was wrong.

"Personal attacks -- like Judge Nachmanoff referring to me as a 'puppet' -- don't change the facts or the law," Halligan said in an statement exclusively to the New York Post.

"A federal judge should be neutral and impartial. Instead, this judge launched an outrageous and unprofessional personal attack yesterday in open court against US Attorney Lindsey Halligan. DOJ will continue to follow the facts and the law," DOJ spokesperson Chad Gilmartin said in a statement posted to 'X' Thursday.

Trump's words loom over Comey case as judge weighs tossing indictment The statements refer to an exchange between U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff and Comey's attorney Michael Dreeben in which Nachmanoff questioned whether their position was that Halligan was serving as a "puppet" or a "stalking horse" for President Donald Trump in his orders for retribution against Comey.

But Nachmanoff never asserted directly that Halligan was a "puppet," and didn't dispute in court when DOJ attorney Tyler Lemons flatly rejected that characterization.

"So your view is that Ms. Halligan is a stalking horse or a puppet, for want of a better word, doing the president's bidding?" Judge Nachmanoff asked Dreeben during the exchange.

"Well, I don't want to use language about Ms. Halligan that suggests anything other than she did what she was told to do," Dreeben replied. "The president of the United States has the authority to direct prosecutions. She worked in the White House. She was surely aware of the president's directive."

A federal judge should be neutral and impartial

Instead, this judge launched an outrageous and unprofessional personal attack yesterday in open court against US Attorney Lindsey Halligan

DOJ will continue to follow the facts and the law https://t.co/YZ8JS9tvk2

— Chad Gilmartin (@ChadGilmartinCA) November 20, 2025

Halligan was in the courtroom. Was she not listening to the judge? Gilmartin seems to have posted his remarks based on what someone said the judge said. Was she there? Did Gilmartin even think to review the transcript?

And why the fuck did Halligan go to the press with this? Especially when the judge’s ruling is pending? She really is that stupid, isn’t she?