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.
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James vehemently denied the charges against her.
“These charges are baseless, and the president’s own public statements make clear that his onl