Letitia James Hits Out Against Trump After Fraud Indictment: These Charges Are Baseless'

"This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system, claimed James in her statement. He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding, all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General. She continued: These charges are baseless and the president's own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost."

"I am a proud woman of faith and I know that faith and fear cannot share the same space. So today, I am not fearful, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall prosper. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights. And I will continue to do my job."

"His decision to fire a United States attorney who refused to bring charges against me, and replace them with someone who is blindly loyal not to the law but to the president, is antithetical to the bedrock principles of our country. I stand strongly behind my office's litigation against the Trump Organization. We conducted a two-year investigation based on the facts and evidence, not politics. Judges have upheld the trial court's finding that Donald Trump, his company, and his two sons are liable for fraud."

New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted on mortgage fraud charges after evidence presented to a grand jury by the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. James accused President Donald Trump of weaponizing the justice system for political retribution, asserting that he is forcing federal law enforcement to do his bidding because she performed her duties. She criticized the firing and replacement of a U.S. attorney who refused to bring charges against her as antithetical to constitutional principles. James defended her office's two-year, evidence-based investigation into the Trump Organization, noted judges upheld fraud findings, invoked her faith, and vowed to fight the charges while protecting New Yorkers.

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