U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's Justice Department returned to court on Thursday to defend, yet again , the validity of a temporary U.S. attorney appointment in the face of challenges. This time, the accused are no ordinary criminal defendants, as New York Attorney General Letitia James and ex-FBI Director James Comey insist their indictments in the Eastern District of Virginia must be thrown out.

On Thursday, Senior U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, a Bill Clinton appointee in South Carolina sitting by designation to decide whether Lindsey Halligan was lawfully appointed as interim U.S. attorney, heard from the high-powered legal defense teams of two of the most recognizable criminal defendants since President Donald Trump himself.

Attorney Ephraim McDowell took the lead for

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