New York Attorney General Letitia James is expected to plead not guilty Friday to allegations of mortgage fraud brought by the Justice Department amid President Donald Trump’s push to prosecute those who have investigated him.

James, the highest-ranking Democrat to be indicted as part of Trump’s effort, is scheduled to appear at an arraignment Friday morning in Norfolk federal court. The case has been randomly assigned to U.S. District Judge Jamar K. Walker, who was nominated to the bench by President Joe Biden.

In addition to the expected not guilty plea, James’s lawyers said in a court filing Thursday evening that they plan to ask that the case against her be dismissed on the grounds that Lindsey Halligan, Trump’s appointee as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was app

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