Lindsey Halligan is no longer employed by the Justice Department after departure from Virginia U.S. attorney’s office

Donald Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan, a former insurance attorney who brought two unsuccessful cases against two of the president’s perceived enemies, is no longer a Justice Department employee, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Halligan, who lacked any prior prosecutorial experience, stepped down last week from her proclaimed role as interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, a position a judge found she unlawfully held. It was not entirely clear last week whether Halligan would assume a new role at the Justice Department, as Alina Habba did after after federal appeals court judges upheld her disqualification as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey in December.

But two sources familiar with the matter said Halligan is no longer a Justice Department employee. It is unclear whether she has a new job outside of the Justice Department.

A federal judge ruled last week that Halligan had to stop “masquerading” as the Eastern District’s top federal prosecutor.

U.S. District Judge David Novak, a 2019 Trump nominee, said he would allow Halligan to avoid attorney disciplinary proceedings into whether she misrepresented herself to the court “in light of her inexperience.”

“The Court recognizes that Ms. Halligan lacks the prosecutorial experience that has long been the norm for those nominated to the position of United States Attorney in this District,” he wrote in an opinion last week. “Consequently, and in light of her inexperience, the Court grants Ms. Halligan the benefit of the doubt and refrains from referring her for further investigation and disciplinary action regarding her misrepresentations to this Court at this time.”

Both Habba and Halligan had previously served as personal attorneys for the president, as have other top Justice Department employees.