Lindsey Halligan is barreling through the courts like someone who got handed power and wants payback. Comey first, Letitia James next. She skipped approvals, moved juries, shoved filings no one touched, and people who said the evidence was thin got pushed out. Every loyal yes-man she puts in place is another brick in a wall that blocks truth. Media calls it momentum, justice, speed. They do not say the filings are sloppy, the timing suspicious, the whole thing baked from complaints Trump made months ago. Misspellings, wrong documents, procedural shortcuts, they look like mistakes, but they are warnings.
At this pace, six to ten more Trump critics could face charges in the next year, hundreds of motions will choke courts, and lawyers defending them will burn through tens of millions in fees. Regulators, bureaucrats, politicians see what happens to James and Comey and rethink everything. Public trust in courts could drop 15 to 25 percent among engaged voters, quietly, while everyone pretends nothing is wrong. Fear does the work headlines cannot.
History whispers its warnings. Nixon did this. McCarthy did this. Law bent, targets chosen for who they opposed, not what they did. Halligan is accelerating it. Speed, obedience, precision. Headlines talk efficiency. They ignore the mistakes and timing. Every move is a message.
If she keeps three to five major cases going by mid‑2026, courts will choke. Defenders will collapse under costs. Reputations vanish. Careers vanish. The ripple spreads to campaigns, fundraising, offices, decisions from Washington to statehouses. Everyone starts measuring loyalty over truth. Evidence becomes secondary. The system rots quietly.
This is not a drill. Every jury, every filing, every replacement whispers: you are next if you step out of line. Watch it unfold. Watch how law bends for the powerful before it even touches ordinary people. The clock is already ticking.
Sources:
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trumps-favored-prosecutor-is-moving-at-full-steam-8b3cdecb
https://time.com/7324902/new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james-charged-with-fraud-by-trump-ally/
