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Today, Letitia James's attorneys filed a motion asking the court to curb prosecutors’ extrajudicial statements, following Lawfare Senior Editor Anna Bower’s recent article recounting a Signal exchange with U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan. Read the motion, from Tyler McBrien.
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Letitia James Asks Court to Curb Prosecutors Extrajudicial Statements
Lawfare Senior Editor Anna Bower’s recent article recounting a Signal exchange with U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan precipitated the motion.
On Oct. 11, Anna Bower started to receive Signal messages from the U.S. attorney who is leading the prosecution of Letitia James. Throughout the exchange, Lindsay Halligan complained about Bower’s tweets and reporting on the indictment–but never once asked to be off the record.
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“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”
My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.
In late September, California became the first U.S. state to enact legislation specifically aimed at regulating advanced AI systems when Gov. Newsom signed SB 53. Lam Tran explains the main pillars of SB 53 and where it sits within the larger AI regulatory landscape.
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Governing Frontier AI: California’s SB 53
As the U.S.’s first state law regulating advanced AI systems, the bill could provide a blueprint for a coherent national framework.