New York Attorney General Letitia James outside federal court in Norfolk, Va., after pleading not guilty to mortgage fraud charges in October. Read more John Clark / AP

by Alanna Durkin Richer and Michael Kunzelman , Associated Press Published Dec. 11, 2025, 4:09 p.m. ET

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A grand jury declined for a second time to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, refusing to resurrect a mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump , according to a person familiar with the matter.

It’s another major blow to the Justice Department after the dismissal of earlier charges against James and another longtime Trump foe, former FBI Director James Comey , in a stunning rebuke of the Trump administration’s efforts to prosecute the

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