Florida bar says it ‘erroneously’ stated it was investigating Trump-appointed US attorney
by Ramon Antonio Vargas from US news | The Guardian on (#7427D)
A state bar association spokesperson said there is no ethics investigation into Lindsey Halligan under way
Former interim US attorney Lindsey Halligan - who was appointed by Donald Trump and led failed prosecutions against two of the president's political opponents - was faced with an ethics investigation by the bar association in her home state of Florida, according to a February letter from the bar association to a non-profit watchdog organization.
But, in the wake of news coverage about that letter, a Florida bar association spokesperson said Friday in a statement that it had erroneously" stated an ethics investigation into Halligan was under way.
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