“Legal Expert Warns: Trump DOJ’s Huge Mistake Just Exploded Into an Even Bigger Disaster”
Lawyers for former U.S. President Donald Trump — James Trusty, Lindsey Halligan, and John Rowley — were photographed leaving the Justice Department after meeting with officials about the investigation into classified documents found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. This meeting happened because Trump’s lawyers had asked to speak with Attorney General Merrick Garland a month earlier.
A separate issue has now put Lindsey Halligan, a prosecutor chosen during Trump’s time in office, under tough public criticism. A legal expert says Halligan tried to repair a serious mistake in a case involving former FBI Director James Comey but ended up making the entire situation far more damaging for herself and her team.
Halligan’s team first told the court that they made a mistake with the grand jury. They admitted the grand jury was never shown the correct version of the indictment against Comey. This would be a major error because the grand jury is supposed to see the exact charges they are voting on.
But later, the same team filed another document claiming the grand jury was properly informed and did see the correct indictment. This sudden reversal raised questions and made their situation look even more confusing.
Michael Popok, a national trial lawyer who hosts the Legal AF podcast, said the second filing created even more problems. He explained that if the prosecutors had made a small mistake and admitted it clearly, they might have been able to fix it. But by changing their story and attempting to defend themselves with only a few pages from the grand jury transcript, they may have accidentally hurt their own case.
The short transcript they submitted is now being viewed as harmful because it does not clearly support their claim. Instead, it raises new questions. And because they only shared selected parts of the transcript, they have now allowed Comey’s legal team to request the entire grand jury record — something prosecutors normally try very hard to avoid, since grand jury information is usually kept secret.
According to the podcast description, this mistake makes Halligan appear extremely disorganized and unclear about her own case. It also puts her in a difficult position with the judge, who is deciding whether she should be removed from her role as U.S. Attorney. The situation suggests she may face serious professional consequences if the judge decides the mistakes were too severe to ignore.
