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Judicial Pressure on Justice Department

The judicial pressure and public criticism faced by the Justice Department appointees, particularly Alina Habba and Lindsey Halligan, in late 2025.

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Feb 2, 2026

Which specific Justice Department attorneys resigned in the days after the appeals court rulings in late 2025, and what were their stated reasons?

appointees stepped down in the wake of federal appeals‑court rulings in late 2025: resigned as the attorney for the District of after a panel of appeals judges found she had been serving unlawfully, a...