Mara Gay: U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan’s Signal Texts ‘Probably Good News’ for Letitia James

LEMIRE: “So, Mara, a couple of things here. First of all, another example of the administration being just entirely too online. I mean, responding to social media posts from a reporter that the interim U.S. Attorney barely knew, potentially revealing things she couldn’t that could lead to — you know, that might not be well received by a judge or in court. But more than that, it just shows, again, this overarching campaign of retribution where they’re going to defy whatever norms, frankly, maybe laws, in order to carry out President Trump’s wishes.”
GAY: “Well, it’s disturbing, but it also tells us something about the kind of process that is at work. So we’ve gotten a look behind the scenes at the prosecution that is clearly politically motivated, clearly a campaign of retribution. And what better to show that than a completely out of the ordinary and inappropriate, you know, kind of outreach, I would say, from Lindsey Halligan, who, by the way, is not a prosecutor by training at all. So there’s a question of competence here. There’s a question of due process — “
BRZEZINSKI: “Experience.”
GAY: “ — for state Attorney General Letitia James. Absolutely, Mika, experience. And it’s also just embarrassing. You even just wonder if she even knew to say — if Lindsey Halligan even knew to say, ‘This is off the record.’”
LEMIRE: “Amateur hour.”
GAY: “I mean, amateur hour. I mean, that’s something, by the way, that local officials, how embarrassing, know that they are on the record unless they say otherwise. So I’m glad that this came out and, honestly, it’s probably good news for Tish James.”