"A federal grand jury has declined to indict New York attorney general Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges for the second time in a week, according to a person familiar with the matter, in an embarrassing blow to the Trump justice department as the president has sought retribution against one of his political rivals. The department has attempted to twice file new charges against James after a judge dismissed an indictment against her after determining the prosecutor handling the case had not been properly appointed."
"A federal grand jury has declined to indict New York attorney general Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges for the second time in a week, according to a person familiar with the matter, in an embarrassing blow to the Trump justice department as the president has sought retribution against one of his political rivals. The department has attempted to twice file new charges against"
A federal grand jury declined to indict New York attorney general Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges for the second time in a week. The Justice Department attempted to file new charges twice after a judge dismissed an earlier indictment when a prosecutor was found not to have been properly appointed. The decline by the grand jury represents an embarrassing setback for the Justice Department during the Trump administration as the president has sought retribution against a political rival. Decisions by federal grand juries to decline indictments are extremely rare. Additional legal and procedural developments are likely to follow.
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