AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Virginia district became the front lines of the DOJ's fight with judges
The ouster of Trump-picked prosecutor Lindsey Halligan capped a months-long battle between the Justice Department and a Virginia district court, but the DOJ isn't backing down from its "war" against judges . Why it matters: The Eastern District of Virginia emerged as a testing ground for whether the Trump administration could simply ignore court rulings it doesn't like. Federal judges — including President Trump's appointees — answered with a resounding no. - Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has framed the friction with "rogue activist judges" as a "war." - But judges aren't "rogue," says Liam O'Grady, a retired George W. Bush-appointed judge in the district. "They're not out there trying to support their own political…
The ouster of Trump-picked prosecutor Lindsey Halligan capped a months-long battle between the Justice Department and a Virginia district court, but the DOJ isn't backing down from its "war" against judges . Why it matters: The Eastern District of Virginia emerged as a testing ground for whether the Trump administration could simply ignore court rulings it doesn't like. Federal judges — including President Trump's appointees — answered with a resounding no. - Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has framed the friction with "rogue activist judges" as a "war." - But judges aren't "rogue," says Liam O'Grady, a retired George W. Bush-appointed judge in the district. "They're not out there trying to support their own political…Open