"This lawsuit, and AG James' outspoken criticism of the President, triggered six years of targeted attacks. President Trump and his allies have used every insulting term in their vocabulary to deride AG James and call for criminal penalties in retaliation for the exercise of her rights and fulfillment of her statutory duties to fulfill her obligations as New York state's attorney general,"
"New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a federal judge Friday to dismiss a mortgage fraud case against her, calling it a vindictive and politically motivated prosecution brought at the behest of a president who regards her as an enemy. The motion, which had been expected, lays out a litany of comments from President Donald Trump designed to show the case was driven by personal animus that arose out of James' fraud lawsuit against Trump in her capacity as state attorney general."
Letitia James asked a federal judge to dismiss a mortgage fraud prosecution against her as vindictive and politically motivated. Her attorneys assert that President Trump orchestrated the case in retaliation for her fraud lawsuit against him and for her criticisms. The attorneys cite years of insults from Trump, including calling James "crooked," "scum," "a monster," and "criminal." James pleaded not guilty to allegations that she lied on mortgage papers to obtain favorable loan terms for a modest Norfolk, Virginia house. James' lawyers allege the Justice Department singled her out while overlooking apparent mortgage inconsistencies by other public officials.
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