New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of President Donald Trump , was charged on Thursday with lying on a mortgage application, as the administration steps up its use of government power against his perceived political enemies.

A grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, returned an indictment charging James with one count of bank fraud and one count of making a false statement to a lending institution, court records showed. The indictment was the second in as many weeks returned against a high-profile adversary of Trump, a Republican who campaigned for the presidency on a vow of retribution after facing a slew of legal woes since his first term in the White House ended in 2021. Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted on September 25 on charges of making false state

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