By Andrew Goudsward and Daniel Trotta WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Lindsey Halligan, a prosecutor closely aligned with President Donald Trump, is leaving the U.S. Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Tuesday,

Trump's Department of Justice endured two more headaches this week named Lindsey Halligan and John Sarcone III.

Lindsey Halligan, who as a top Justice Department prosecutor pursued indictments against a pair of President Donald Trump’s adversaries, is leaving her position

Hours after ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro was formally charged with narcoterrorism and other offenses in New York, the Justice Department used the indictment at a federal courthouse 1,300 miles away in its effort to defend President Donald Trump’s ability to use a wartime authority to speed up some deportations.

The US Justice Department has launched a criminal probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The central bank said an investigation had been opened into the renovation of its headquarters last summer - and allegations that Mr Powell lied to Congress about how much it cost.