A senior prosecutor has told colleagues she plans to refuse charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James—even though it would defy President Donald Trump and likely see her fired.
Elizabeth Yusi, who oversees major cases in the Norfolk arm of the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), has told co-workers she sees no probable cause to charge James with mortgage fraud, according to MSNBC.
And, reports the outlet, Yusi intends to say so to Trump’s newly installed interim U.S. attorney, Lindsey Halligan, in the coming weeks—regardless of how it will be received.
The move would fly in the face of White House pressure to criminally pursue one of Trump’s most prominent antagonists, and has seen others forced from their posts.
Trump has publicly demanded James’ prosecution, calling he