The New York attorney general who successfully prosecuted Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Friday to bank fraud charges and accused the president of using the justice system as a “tool of revenge.”

Letitia James, 67, one of three prominent Trump critics to be hit with criminal charges in recent weeks, entered the not guilty plea at an arraignment in a federal court in Norfolk, Virginia.

The presiding judge set a trial date of January 26.

James faces one count of bank fraud and a second one of making false statements to a financial institution in connection with a property she purchased in Virginia in 2020.

Speaking to supporters outside the courtroom following the brief arraignment, James said the Trump administration is using the justice system as a “vehicle of retribution.”

“This

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