DOJ’s 'War' on Judges Is Basically a Todd Blanche Temper Tantrum

KEY POINTS

•Lindsey Halligan’s appointment was ruled unconstitutional by Judge Cameron Currie, undermining cases against Comey and James.
•Deputy AG Todd Blanche called judges 'rogue activist judges,' but retired judge Liam O’Grady defended them as doing their job.
•Chief Judge M. Hannah Lauck appointed an interim U.S. attorney as Halligan left, while the DOJ vowed to keep fighting.

In the months-long soap opera set in Virginia’s Eastern District, Trump-picked Lindsey Halligan staged a workplace drama worthy of a Netflix binge. After Judge Cameron Currie declared her appointment unconstitutional and torpedoed prosecutions against James Comey and Letitia James, Halligan doubled down, ignoring court orders like they were spam emails. Deputy AG Todd Blanche called it a ‘war’ against ‘rogue activist judges’—a phrase that sounds like bad fanfiction, especially since retired Bush judge Liam O’Grady reminded everyone the judges were just ‘doing their job.’ DOJ said judges were abusing power while judges called DOJ’s legal brief a cable news meltdown. Amidst chaos, Chief Judge M. Hannah Lauck fired the opening salvo by posting a vacancy the same day Halligan finally left, just as Trump tweeted fury and the White House blamed ‘radical left-wing judges’—because why not blame everyone but themselves?