New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat who has clashed with President Donald Trump , was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Virginia.

James was charged with one count of bank fraud and one count of false statements to a financial institution after Trump publicly called for his Justice Department appointees to bring charges against her. The indictment alleges James falsely claimed that a home in Norfolk, Virginia, was her second residence, allowing her to obtain favorable loan terms, and that she rented the property to a family of three.

James vehemently denied the charges against her.

“These charges are baseless, and the president’s own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost," she said in a statement tha

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