New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of U.S. President Donald Trump, was indicted on charges of lying on a mortgage application on Thursday, the Justice Department said, as the administration seeks to use government power against those who have pursued investigations into him or publicly resisted his agenda.
A grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, returned an indictment charging James with one count of bank fraud and one count of making a false statement to a lending institution, court records showed.
James, a Democrat, said in a statement she would continue serving as New York state¡¯s top law enforcement official and called the charges ¡°a continuation of the president¡¯s desperate weaponization of our justice system.¡±
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