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Yesterday afternoon, a federal grand jury indicted New York State Attorney General Letitia James on two charges—bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution—both connected to her purchase of a home in Virginia. The government is alleging that she saved $18,933 in all.

It’s not the kind of money the DOJ typically seeks to recoup, but James isn’t just any alleged fraudster. A prominent anti-Trump gadfly, James brought a civil case against Donald Trump and his company in 2022 and won, resulting in a $500 million fine being levied against the president (he later successfully appealed

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