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Grand jury indicts New York’s Democratic Attorney General Letitia James after Donald Trump demanded Federal prosecutors bring criminal charges against his longtime enemy retaliation campaign Against his alleged political enemies.
two-count indictment James accused of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution in connection with a loan for a property purchased in 2020.
“This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system,” James said in a statement Thursday.
“These allegations are baseless and the President’s own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost,” he said. “The President’s actions are a serious violation of our constitutional order and have been sharply criticized by members of both parties.”
trump Named his personal attorney Lindsay Halligan Last month the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia claimed to have “fired” the district’s top prosecutor, who had resisted administration pressure to prosecute James and East. FBI Director James Comey.
Halligan, who has no prosecutorial experience, presented the case against Comey a few days later, and he personally gave evidence James faces a grand jury hearing Thursday.
James is scheduled to appear in court on October 24 to formally face the charges.
“No one is above the law. The charges in this case represent deliberate, criminal acts and a blatant violation of the public trust,” Halligan said in a statement. “The facts and laws in this case are clear, and we will continue to follow them to ensure that justice is served.”
Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Justice Department — now filled with loyalists and lawyers seeking to dominate the agencies that the president claims were weaponized against him — are also targeting other prominent Democratic officials as well as a range of progressive fundraising groups and ideological opponents the administration alleges are linked to acts of terrorism.
Last month, a Post on Truth Social it was intended to be a Private message to Bondi, The president complained that “nothing is being done” against James, Comey and Senator Adam Schiff, who “are all guilty as hell,” he said.
“We cannot delay any longer, it is destroying our reputation and our credibility,” Trump wrote. “They impeached me twice, and convicted me (5 times!) for nothing. Justice must be served now!!!”
James has long been a target of the President, whose vast business empire was the subject of Years long investigation and blockbuster decision A New York judge found that Trump and his associates illegally enriched themselves by defrauding banks and investors as part of a decade-long scheme to secure favorable financing terms for some of his brand-building properties.
in August, a state appeals court Determined that New York Judge Arthur Angoron’s crushing financial verdict – which with growing interest has swelled to more than $515 million – was “excessive.”
But the court upheld Angoron’s findings that the president and his business partners committed blatant fraud – which fell short of the confirmation the president sought through the courts to protect them.
Federal Housing Finance Authority Chairman Bill Pulte accused James Falsifying documents and property records To obtain lower mortgage rates on homes he owned in New York, New Jersey and Virginia – ironically, almost Exactly what a judge determined Trump and his business associates did with several properties,
After this, the Justice Department started an investigation against James on the basis of the allegations.
According to Thursday’s indictment, James tried to defraud OVM Financial and First Savings Bank by listing a home he purchased in Virginia as a primary residence in an effort to obtain favorable financing terms.
His legal team reportedly showed evidence that the house was for his niece and that he had no intention of obtaining better terms by unfair means.
The case was effectively halted after career prosecutors reportedly told authorities they did not have enough evidence to ensure a conviction.
The obstruction appears to have frustrated the president, who turned to Truth Social last month and asked “Pam” to bring the case without “delay” — just hours before Halligan was named as the top prosecutor in Alexandria.
The threshold to secure an indictment from a grand jury is much lower than that of ensuring a unanimous conviction at trial, although prosecutors are generally instructed to bring only a case that they believe is supported by the evidence in order to obtain a conviction.
In his statement, James described Trump’s decision to nominate the “blindly loyal” Halligan as “contrary to the fundamental principles of our country.”
“It is time for leaders from both parties to speak out against this blatant distortion of our justice system,” he said.
She said, “I am proud of faith and I know that faith and fear cannot live in the same place.” “And so today I am not afraid, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me will succeed. We will aggressively fight these baseless allegations, and my office will continue to vigorously defend New Yorkers and their rights. And I will continue to do my job.”