NORFOLK — New York Attorney General Letitia James is scheduled to make her first appearance Friday in U.S. District Court in Norfolk after being indicted earlier this month on fraud charges centered around a house she purchased here in 2020.

James is expected to plead not guilty.

In anticipation of the crowd that such a high-profile case may draw, U.S. District Judge Jamar K. Walker issued a ruling last week in an effort to minimize the disruption. On Thursday, barriers were set up across the street from the downtown courthouse, and Norfolk officials said the 500 to 600 blocks of Granby Street and the 100 blocks of East and West Bute Street would be closed from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.

Walker, who was nominated to the court in 2023 by former President Joe Biden, is assigned to the case.

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