U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi spoke out in defense of the former beauty queen prosecutor some called her rival on Monday during a press conference, insisting that Virginia prosecutor Lindsay Halligan was qualified to hold the position and vowing to appeal a ruling to disqualify her and drop the indictments of James Comey and Letitia James, of which Halligan was in charge.

Judge Cameron Currie, appointed in 1994 by then-President Bill Clinton, ruled that Halligan was appointed after a 120-day deadline for interim appointments, which had expired before she started in the position.

Because of this, Bondi did not have the authority to appoint Halligan; that fell to the district's judges.

And because Halligan was the only one who signed off on the indictments against James and Comey, they were also "unlawful exercises of executive power and must be set aside," Currie wrote.

Bondi's response

"Shame on them for not wanting her in office,' Bondi said during the press conference.

'I'll tell you, Lindsay Halligan, I talked to all of our US attorneys, the majority of them around the country, and Lindsay Halligan is an excellent US attorney,' she said.

Bondi vowed to appeal the ruling. "We'll be taking all available legal action, including an immediate appeal, to hold Letitia James and James Comey accountable for their unlawful conduct," Bondi said.

"I'm not worried about someone who has been charged with a very serious crime. His alleged actions were a betrayal of public trust."

With prejudice

Comey and James were seeking to have their cases dismissed without prejudice, which would mean that they could not be prosecuted again for the same crimes.

Currie dismissed the cases with prejudice, however, so a different, lawfully appointed prosecutor could indict them again and pursue the cases.

The charges against Comey and James were the same kind of minor, petty charges that were brought against President Donald Trump while he was campaigning for the 2024 presidential election.

Those charges were eventually dropped, but Trump is obviously bitter about them and seeking a bit of tit for tat in bringing similar charges against some of those who acted against him.

Double standard

Of course, this left-leaning judge put a quick stop to the cases Trump's DOJ brought, while the cases brought by Biden's DOJ were allowed to drag on for the better part of two years.

It's a blatant double standard, and shows that the justice system had been stacked against Trump the entire time.