Before she was sworn in Monday as an interim U.S. attorney, Halligan, a 36-year-old former White House aide, had no prosecutorial experience.

President Donald Trump accused former FBI Director James Comey of lying in a legal case overseen by a judge appointed by President Joe Biden. In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump called Comey a “Dirty Cop” and said that the alleged falsehood was “serious and far reaching,