NY Lawyer Basic Letitia James speaks throughout a press convention on the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) at Manhattan Federal Courthouse on Feb. 14, 2025 in New York Metropolis.
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New York Lawyer Basic Letitia James was indicted Thursday by a grand jury in Virginia on not less than one depend of financial institution fraud after proof personally introduced by a prosecutor hand-picked by President Donald Trump, MSNBC reported.
James is a long-time antagonist of Trump.
The identical prosecutor who obtained the indictment, Lindsey Halligan, not too long ago obtained a prison indictment towards one other Trump foe, former FBI Director James Comey.
Halligan, who’s the interim U.S. Lawyer for the Jap District of Virginia, additionally personally introduced the proof in Comey’s case, reportedly after different prosecutors in that workplace balked on the thought of doing so.
CNBC has requested remark from James’ lawyer, Abbe Lowell, and the places of work of Halligan and James.
James beforehand sued Trump in a civil case in New York that led to him and his firm being held responsible for enterprise fraud.
Her indictment comes three days after MSNBC reported {that a} prime prosecutor in Halligan’s workplace, Elizabeth Yusi, was resisting strain to ask a grand jury to cost James.
“Yusi … has confided to co-workers that she sees no possible trigger to imagine James engaged in mortgage fraud, the 2 sources instructed MSNBC,” that report on Monday stated.
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