NORFOLK, VA — NY ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES PLEADED NOT GUILTY IN A MORTGAGE FRAUD CASE being tried in the Commonwealth of Virginia where she owns property, according to reports in the Associated Press and the New York Times.

Appearing in federal court Friday morning, with U.S. District Judge Jamar K. Walker presiding, she pleaded not guilty to one count of bank fraud and another count of making a false statement to a financial institution. The case deals with a modest-scale second home on which she took out a mortgage; the home was for herself and family, but the Trump administration is charging her with lying about its use as an investment property. Although veteran prosecutors reviewing the evidence documents found no grounds for criminal charges, the Trump administration fired t

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