Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Lindsey Halligan has stepped aside from the U.S. attorney role, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday night, after a judge ordered her to stop "masquerading" as the top prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Bondi praised Halligan for her service to the Justice Department while blaming Democrats for President Donald Trump's former lawyer's inability to continue on in her position.
"Her departure is a significant loss for the Department of Justice and the communities she served," Bondi said in a statement posted late Tuesday to X.
"While we will feel her absence keenly, we are confident that she will continue to serve her country in other ways."
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