FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 2, 2025

Contact: Michael Clauw, mclauw@campaignforaccountability.org, 202.780.5750

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to a complaint Campaign for Accountability (CfA) filed last month against Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan (who a court has since found was illegally appointed) with the Virginia Bar regarding her conduct in the prosecutions of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, the Virginia Bar issued a letter stating, in part:

Whether criminal indictments were obtained through material misrepresentations of fact and done for political purposes falls within the authority of the court to determine and not this office. If the court determines that Ms. Halligan made false statements to the court and sanctions her for the conduct, the Virginia Bar can initiate an investigation.

In response, CfA Executive Director Michelle Kuppersmith issued the following statement:

“If, when confronted with actions as egregious as Ms. Halligan’s, a state bar, which allegedly polices the conduct of its members, claims it can do nothing more than reiterate the findings of a court, what purpose does it serve? In any event, a court already has found Ms. Halligan made ‘fundamental misstatements of law.’ The courts have been doing their job in recognizing misconduct when they see it. State bars must do the same.”

Campaign for Accountability is a nonpartisan, nonprofit watchdog organization that uses research, litigation, and aggressive communications to expose misconduct and malfeasance in public life and hold those who act at the expense of the public good accountable for their actions.