PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES HAVE LONG BEEN POLITICAL FOES AND HAVE A HISTORY OF TAKING EACH OTHER TO COURT.

SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, (R) Former U.S. President:

"Letitia James, that's another case altogether. She's a horribly corrupt attorney general."

THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT RECENTLY URGED HIS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO INDICT JAMES, A DEMOCRAT, ON MORTGAGE FRAUD CHARGES FOR A HOUSE SHE BOUGHT IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, WHERE SHE HAS FAMILY.

SOUNDBITE (English) Letitia James, New York State Attorney General:

"This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system."

JAMES SUED TRUMP IN 2022 FOR LYING ABOUT HIS WEALTH TO MISLEAD BANKS AND INSURERS. AN APPELLATE COURT AFFIRMED THAT TRUMP COMMITTED FRAUD BUT THREW OUT A FINE WORTH ABOUT $500 MILLION.

JAMES IS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO A STATEWIDE OFFICE IN NEW YORK AND WAS RE-ELECTED IN 2022.

DURING HER TENURE, SHE HAS FILED DOZENS OF LAWSUITS AGAINST TRUMP AND HIS TWO ADMINISTRATIONS -- CHALLENGING POLICIES ON ENVIRONMENTAL, IMMIGRATION AND EDUCATION POLICY, HEALTH CARE, AND OTHER ISSUES.

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO BEEN INVESTIGATING MORTGAGE-RELATED ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DEMOCRATIC SENATOR ADAM SCHIFF OF CALIFORNIA, AND AGAINST FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD MEMBER LISA COOK, ANOTHER PROMINENT BLACK WOMAN.