ALBANY – New York Attorney General Letitia James could soak taxpayers for millions of dollars in legal bills as she fights her new federal indictment — but she says she won’t be tapping into the $10 million state legal defense slush fund set up for that purpose.

Instead, she’s turning to the national Democratic Attorneys General Association to cover her legal defense bills against the bombshell mortgage fraud charges filed against her Thursday – which could run in the millions, according to experts.

“I think all in, it’s probably going to be in the range of $5 to $10 million,” former prosecutor Neama Rahmani told The Post Friday. 3

James has brought on high-profile defense attorney Abbe Lowell , who could be billing over $1,000 an hour and taking a $1 million retainer fee bas

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