The US department of justice under President Donald Trump on Thursday secured a federal grand jury indictment against New York attorney general Letitia James, charging her with bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution in connection with a 2023 mortgage, reported CNN. The indictment, handed down in the Eastern District of Virginia, came after an investigation dating back to May, focused on a mortgage James obtained for a property in Norfolk, Virginia, to assist her niece in buying a home. Prosecutors allege James misrepresented the property as her primary residence. In an official statement announcing the charges, US Attorney Lindsey Halligan - recently appointed to lead the Eastern Virginia office - said, “No one is above the law. The charges as alleged in
Another Trump foe prosecuted: NY AG Letitia James indicted by justice department; she says ‘desperate weaponisation of system’

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