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华盛顿— 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻获取的一封信件证实，前弗吉尼亚州东区美国临时检察官林赛·哈利根（Lindsey Halligan）正在接受佛罗里达律师协会的调查。
哈利根曾领导针对前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米（James Comey）和纽约州总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯（Letitia James）的案件，但这两起案件最终都被联邦法官驳回，因为法官认定她的职位任命不合法，违反了宪法。
佛罗里达律师协会的这封信是对非营利组织”问责运动”（Campaign for Accountability）就哈利根在这些调查中的行为提出的投诉作出的回应。《纽约时报》率先报道了佛罗里达律师协会的调查。
“问责运动”执行董事米歇尔·库佩史密斯（Michelle Kuppersmith）表示：”我们提交了一份非常详尽的投诉，概述了我们认为她在科米先生和詹姆斯女士调查中的行为如何违反了弗吉尼亚州和佛罗里达州的专业行为规则。”
第一份投诉于11月提交给弗吉尼亚州和佛罗里达州律师协会，但弗吉尼亚州律师协会回应称，无法”基于’潜在违反’纪律规则发起纪律调查”（CBS新闻获取的一封信件显示）。该协会表示，必须由法院作出裁定，例如对虚假陈述的制裁，或者哈利根必须被指控并被定罪犯罪。
美国地区法官卡梅伦·库里（Cameron Currie）于11月裁定，哈利根的临时美国检察官任命违反了宪法任命条款和一项关于美国检察官职位空缺的联邦法律。基于这一裁定，库里下令驳回对科米和詹姆斯的刑事案件。司法部对这一裁决提出上诉，但尚未要求美国第四巡回上诉法院在其考虑上诉期间冻结库里的裁决。
司法部长帕姆·邦迪（Pam Bondi）在1月份表示，哈利根在联邦法官禁止她在法庭文件中称自己为美国检察官后离开了司法部，法院认定她继续使用该头衔无视了2025年使她丧失该职位资格的”有约束力的法院命令”。
库佩史密斯在2月份向弗吉尼亚州和佛罗里达州律师协会提交了第二份投诉，重申要求调查哈利根在”被迫离职美国检察官职位”后是否违反了职业行为规则。
几天后，佛罗里达律师协会作出回应。该协会在信中表示：”我们了解这些最新情况，并一直在密切关注。我们已有一项调查正在进行中。”哈利根的名字也出现在这封信中。
佛罗里达律师协会的调查是在司法部最近提出一项规则修改，允许司法部长审查各州律师协会对司法部律师所谓不当行为的调查之际展开的。
库佩史密斯表示：”这正是促使我们公开此事的部分原因，因为我们希望鼓励各州律师协会在认为合适的情况下继续履行职责。”
佛罗里达律师协会的一位通讯主任表示：”佛罗里达律师协会不对正在进行的案件发表评论。”
哈利根未立即回应置评请求。
Lindsey Halligan under investigation by the Florida Bar
March 5, 2026 / 7:32 PM EST / CBS News
Washington— Lindsey Halligan, the former interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, is under investigation by the Florida Bar, according to a letter from the organization confirming the probe which was obtained by CBS News.
Halligan led cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, both of which were ultimately dismissed when a federal judge found her appointment to the post to be unlawful and in violation of the Constitution.
The Florida Bar’s letter responded to complaints regarding Halligan’s conduct in those investigations that had been filed by the nonprofit organization Campaign for Accountability.The New York Times first reported the investigation by the Florida Bar.
“We filed a complaint pretty fulsomely outlining all the ways that we thought her conduct around Mr. Comey and Ms. James’ investigations had violated the professional rules of conduct both of Virginia and Florida,” said Michelle Kuppersmith, Campaign for Accountability’s executive director.
The first complaint was filed with the Virginia and Florida Bars in November, but the Virginia State Bar responded that it could not “initiate a disciplinary investigation based on ‘potential violations’ of disciplinary rules,” according to a letter obtained by CBS News. It said there had to be a determination from the court, such as sanctions for false statements, or that Halligan had to be charged and convicted of a crime.
U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie ruled in November that Halligan’sappointment as interim U.S. attorneyviolated the Constitution’s Appointments Clause and a federal law governing U.S. attorney vacancies. Because of the finding, Currie ordered criminal cases against Comey and James to be dismissed. The Justice Department appealed the decision, but it has not asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit to freeze Currie’s ruling while it considers the appeal.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said in January that Halligan departed the Justice Department after a federal judge barred her from referring to herself as a U.S. attorney in court filings, finding her continued use of the title ignored a “binding court order” that disqualified her from the position in 2025.
Kuppersmith made a second complaint to the Virginia and Florida Bars in February, reiterating the request for an investigation into whether Halligan had violated the Rules of Professional Conduct now that she had “been forced out of the position of U.S. Attorney.”
Within days, the Florida Bar responded. “We are aware of these developments and have been monitoring them closely. We already have an investigation pending,” the bar association said in its letter. Halligan was included on the letter.
The Florida Bar probe comes as the Justice Department recently proposed a rule to allow the attorney general to review state bar investigations into alleged misconduct by Justice Department lawyers.
“That is part of what prompted us to make this public,” said Kuppersmith, “because we want to encourage state bars to continue doing their duty where they see fit.”
“The Florida Bar does not provide comment on active cases,” a communications director for the Florida Bar said.
Halligan did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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