"A federal grand jury in Virginia has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on one count of bank fraud, after steady pressure from President Trump to prosecute one of his longtime political foes. The indictment was confirmed by a source who was not authorized to discuss the charge publicly. James, a Democrat who pledged to investigate Trump during her campaign, eventually sued Trump and his company for inflating the value of some of its properties,"
"At one of his own campaign rallies last year, Trump called for both James and the judge in that case to "be arrested and punished accordingly." Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia spent months on the case this year. A Republican career prosecutor there determined there was not enough evidence to bring a case against James. Then he was forced out of his job by the White House, only to be replaced by Lindsey Halligan, a former insurance lawyer in Florida"
A federal grand jury in Virginia indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on one count of bank fraud after sustained pressure from President Trump. James previously sued Trump and his company for inflating property values, winning more than $450 million in a civil business fraud case. A Republican career prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia concluded there was insufficient evidence, was forced out, and was replaced by Lindsey Halligan, a former Florida insurance lawyer with no prosecutorial experience. Ed Martin of the Justice Department pushed the charges. James’s lawyer criticized the use of investigations for political revenge. Halligan recently secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey.
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