The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, one of President Donald Trump’s biggest adversaries.

Two years after James successfully sued Trump for civil fraud, Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Justice Department (DOJ) has issued subpoenas against the New York Democrat, with a grand jury investigation also underway.

The probe accuses James of “deprivation of rights,” a crime that involves a government official violating someone’s constitutional rights in an official capacity.

Sources have told The Daily Beast that the department is pursuing James on the basis that she campaigned for office on a platform of targeting Trump, with the intention of jailing him.

James has been one of the president’s biggest adversaries since she ran

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