NORFOLK, Va. — New York Attorney General Letitia James pleaded not guilty Friday to a pair of federal charges stemming from her purchase of a Virginia property more than five years ago .

James, 67, was indicted Oct. 9 by a grand jury on one count of bank fraud and one count of making a false statement to a financial institution.

The longtime Trump foe bought a three-bedroom, one-bathroom residence on Peronne Avenue in Norfolk with a $109,600 loan on Aug. 17, 2020, which was completed with a second home rider designating James as the “sole borrower to occupy and use the property.”

But prosecutors have alleged the home “was not occupied or used” by James and “was instead used as a rental investment property” to house her grandniece Nakia Thompson , giving James more favorable mortgage

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