New York attorney general Letitia James was indicted on Thursday on mortgage-fraud charges in the latest example of President Donald Trump using the Justice Department to go after his political enemies. James spent years investigating Trump for property fraud, eventually filing a civil case against him in 2022, which she won. Her indictment came shortly after former FBI director James Comey — another Trump foe, who was fired by the president in 2017 after confirming the FBI was investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election — was indicted on charges of making false statements to the Senate and obstruction of justice.
For months now, Trump has been trying to bring charges against both James and Comey, even if the cases aren’t particularly strong. “This is nothing more than a c