A Missouri federal prosecutor brought in to aid rookie interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan in the bank fraud prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James raised eyebrows on Tuesday by filing a notice explaining why the DOJ wasn't following a court order to hand over discovery relevant to the defendant's vindictive prosecution claims before the AG files her motion to dismiss.

The five-page notice signed by Roger Keller Jr. told U.S. District Judge Jamar Walker that the Trump administration was blowing off the jurist's "instruction," deciding on its own that the order was "premature."

"In the October 24, 2025, proceeding, the Court instructed the United States of America (the Government) to provide Defendant with vindictive/selective prosecution-related discovery before she fi

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