Senate Democrats appear likely to deal yet another blow to Lindsey Halligan, President Donald Trump’s embattled pick to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.

A federal judge has already ruled that Trump illegally appointed Halligan—a former beauty contestant and insurance lawyer with no prior prosecutorial experience—as interim U.S. attorney and threw out her cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York state Attorney General Letitia James.

Her predecessor, veteran prosecutor Erik Siebert, had been forced out over his refusal to charge James with mortgage fraud, citing a lack of evidence.

On Thursday, the White House pushed to advance Halligan’s nomination in the Senate, but the president’s top choice appears to have hit a wall, Semafor rep

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