Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals
by Sam Levine and Edward Helmore in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#70NNG)
Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals
A federal grand jury has indicted Letitia James, the New York attorney general, for bank fraud and making false statements. Two charges were brought against James, who had brought a civil fraud case against the Trump Organization in 2022 that Trump claimed was a malicious prosecution.
Lindsey Halligan, the US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia, personally presented the case to the grand jury on Thursday, the person said. US attorneys do not typically present to a grand jury.
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