Mariel Padilla

General Assignment Reporter

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Weeks after President Donald Trump took to social media to instruct the nation’s chief law enforcement officer to take legal action against his political enemies, the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia announced charges on Thursday against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

The move comes one day after former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to an indictment brought by the same office. Comey and James, a Black woman, are two of the most high-profile targets, but Trump’s playbook in seeking retribution against political enemies has been used on many others in the past — including other Black women in positions of power.

As the New York attorney g

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