Lindsey Halligan, who Trump named the interim US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia in September, had 'no lawful authority to present the indictment' against the former FBI director and New York attorney general, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie wrote in her opinion

The attorney handling the case was not lawfully appointed, the judge ruled.

Judge says interim US attorney for eastern district of Virginia had ‘no lawful authority’ to indict former FBI director and New York attorney general