Read the full Letitia James indictment after DOJ charges New York’s top prosecutor

Attorney General Letitia James, New York’s top prosecutor, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Virginia. 

James faces one charge of bank fraud and another of making false statements to a financial institution. The indictment alleges she misrepresented how she used a home she bought in Norfolk in 2020 to get a more favorable mortgage.

“Attorney General James flatly and forcefully denies these charges,” James’ attorney Abbe David Lowell, said in a statement. “We are deeply concerned that this case is driven by President Trump’s desire for revenge. When a President can publicly direct charges to be filed against someone – when it was reported that career attorneys concluded none were warranted — it marks a serious attack on the rule of law. We will fight these charges in every process allowed in the law.” 

New York leaders also blasted the indictment as an abuse of federal power and weaponization of the Justice Department. 

Read the full indictment