New York Democrats rallied around state Attorney General Letitia James after she was indicted in federal court.

The indictment , returned Oct. 9, alleges James committed bank fraud related to a mortgage in purchasing a Virginia home. President Donald Trump , whom James sued in 2022, called for her to face charges just weeks earlier.

James, a 66-year-old Brooklyn Democrat , said she was not afraid of what she called “baseless charges." Her allies in Albany, Washington, D.C, and New York City were equally forceful.

“What we're seeing today is nothing less than the weaponization of the Justice Department to punish those who hold the powerful accountable,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said in an X post .

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a fellow Democrat from Brooklyn, said James ha

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