Donald Trump-appointed interim U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan is facing scrutiny after her private messages with a reporter have surfaced.
Over the weekend, Halligan apparently initiated a conversation with Lawfare journalist Anna Bower on the encrypted Signal app about Trump’s case against New York Attorney General Letitia James after Bower posted on X about a New York Times article on grand jury testimony in the case.
“You’re biased. Your reporting isn’t accurate. I’m the one handling the case and I’m telling you that,” one of the Signal messages read. “If you want to twist and torture the facts to fit your narrative, there’s nothing I can do. Waste to even give you a heads up.”
Bower said that at first, she wondered whether someone posing as Halligan had sent her the messages. Later, she confirmed that it was indeed the interim U.S. attorney who was communicating with her.
“I was really surprised, and honestly, I was very curious what she had to say,” Bower told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Monday.
