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A federal grand jury indicted Letitia James on Thursday on allegations of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.

The two-count indictment was obtained by Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan.

“This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system,” James said in a video responding to the indictment. “He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding all because I did by job as the New York state attorney general. These charges are baseless.”

President Donald Trump appointed Halligan in September after Erik Siebert, under pressure from Trump to bring charges, resigned.

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights. pic.twitter.com/X9U0EsHuGM

— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) October 9, 2025

(Read more from “New York Attorney General Letitia James Indicted” HERE)

The federal prosecutor weighing mortgage fraud claims against New York state Attorney General Letitia James should be fired, President Trump said Friday.

“I want him out,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office in response to a question about US Attorney Erik Siebert, whom he nominated to the post for the Eastern District of Virginia back in May.

Siebert has yet to be confirmed by the Senate, but Trump said he changed his mind after he learned that Virginia’s two Democratic senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, had expressed support for him.

“When I saw that he got two senators, two gentlemen that are bad news, as far as I’m concerned, when I saw that he got approved by these two men, I said, ‘Pull him,’ because he can’t be any good,” Trump claimed.

“I have other people, judges, and I have US attorneys for other states where I have the same situation. And they can’t get approved. So when I learned that they voted for him, I said, ‘I don’t really want him.’” (Read more from “Trump Calls for Firing of US Attorney Investigating Tish James: ‘I Want Him Out’” HERE)

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