Lindsey Halligan, outside of the White House, on August 20, 2025. Jacquelyn Martin/AP/File

Attorney General Pam Bondi was caught off guard Thursday when President Donald Trump’s handpicked US attorney, Lindsey Halligan, secured New York Attorney General Letitia James ’ indictment from a grand jury, two sources familiar with what happened told CNN.

Halligan, who has been running the Eastern District of Virginia for just over two weeks, did not coordinate with Bondi or other leaders at the Justice Department headquarters in Washington, DC, or inform them about timing before presenting the case to a grand jury.

A grand jury on Thursday indicted James in on two charges — bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution — as the Justice Department continues to pursue cha

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