NORFOLK, Va. — New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime political foe of President Donald Trump, is scheduled for her court appearance and arraignment in a Norfolk federal courtroom, after she was indicted earlier this month on charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution .

The charges were presented to a grand jury for approval by Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and a former Trump aide, after her predecessor reportedly declined to bring charges against James following an investigation.

Prosecutors say that James signed a document agreeing to keep a Norfolk-area property she purchased solely for her personal use, but instead rented it out to a family of three.

James denied she had broken the law and de

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