New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted by federal prosecutors on Thursday in a mortgage fraud case that President Donald Trump urged to bring on after publicly vowing retribution against some of his biggest political enemies, according to the Associated Press .

James, a Democrat who prosecuted Trump after his first term with a lawsuit alleging that he built his business empire on lies about his wealth, was charged with bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution in connection with a home purchase in Norfolk, Va., in 2020.

The top federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia, a former Trump aide, personally presented the case to the grand jury weeks after she was thrust into the role amid the administration’s pressure to deliver charges, th

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