On Thursday, New York attorney general Letitia James was indicted on federal charges related to mortgage-fraud allegations; she’s the second of Donald Trump’s political foes to face questionable federal charges in recent weeks. But while the president has publicly pushed for James’s prosecution, new reporting suggests that the Virginia U.S. attorney’s office that brought the indictment did so without a prior heads-up to a key partner: the leadership of the Justice Department.

ABC News reported on Friday that Lindsey Halligan, the newly appointed U.S. attorney of the Eastern District of Virginia, did not inform Attorney General Pam Bondi or her deputy, Todd Blanche , about her intention to pursue charges against James. Sources told the outlet that the two leaders found out only af

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