The Florida Bar has retracted its earlier assertion of an ongoing investigation into Lindsey Halligan, a prosecutor whose appointment by President Donald Trump was later deemed unlawful. The reversal came Friday, following previous statements from the Bar indicating an active inquiry into Halligan's conduct during her tenure at the Justice Department.
Last month, a Bar representative informed a nonpartisan watchdog group, which had sought an ethics inquiry, that an "investigation pending" existed. This was echoed Thursday by Florida Bar spokesperson Jennifer Krell Davis, who told The Associated Press there was an "open file" on Halligan, declining further comment due to the confidentiality of active discipline cases.
