White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that the Justice Department will appeal a federal judge’s decision to dismiss the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, after ruling that the interim prosecutor had been unlawfully appointed. “Lindsey Halligan was legally appointed, and that is the administration’s position,” Ms. Leavitt told reporters, asserting that the judge was “trying to shield” the two officials from “rece