Lindsey Halligan's Top Assistant Fired For Refusing To Prosecute Comey Case: Report

Robert McBride, a prosecutor assigned to assist illegally appointed U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, has reportedly been fired after refusing to participate in the prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey.

On Monday, MS Now reported that McBride, 64, had been dismissed from his role as the No. 2 official in the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia.

McBribe was appointed to the position last year after a federal judge ruled that President Donald...