Unlawfully employed Trump attorney 'frozen out' of discussions of her future gov't gigs

Following a judge's ruling last week that Lindsey Halligan, President Donald Trump's handpicked interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was unlawfully serving, The Daily Beast reports that she has been "frozen out" of any discussions about her future employment in a similar capacity.

Halligan led to the voiding of the cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Leticia James, and now the Department of Justice is trying to figure out how to still pursue cases against them.

"A source told CNN that Halligan is not involved in internal DOJ discussions about whether the department will continue the cases without her, and it is not even clear whether she will report to her office in Alexandria on Monday," they note.

Another source tells The Daily Beast that "Attorney General Pam Bondi spoke with Halligan after [Judge] Currie, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton, ruled that Trump’s former personal attorney was serving unlawfully as a federal prosecutor but offered no clarity on whether she still has a job."

Halligan's "chaotic and gaffe-filled 63-day tenure at the Virginia office" was "full of humiliating failures" and has set back Trump's retribution campaign against his perceived enemies, as the DOJ considers "appealing the ruling that declared Halligan’s appointment unlawful and may still try to refile charges against Comey and James," they report.

"An internal email from Justice Department officials, seen by CNN, instructed the U.S. attorney’s office to refer to Halligan with the twice-misspelled title of 'Unites States Attorny,' as well as “special 'U.S. Attorney,'" The Daily Beast says.

As of Monday morning, however, Halligan was still listed as the lead attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia’s website.