New York Attorney General Letitia James outside Federal Court in Norfolk, Va., after pleading not guilty in October. Read more John Clark / AP

by Alanna Durkin Richer and Olivia Diaz , Associated Press Published Dec. 4, 2025, 7:54 p.m. ET

NORFOLK, Va. — The Justice Department failed Thursday to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.

Prosecutors went back to a grand jury in Virginia after a judge’s ruling halting the prosecution of James and another longtime Trump foe, former FBI Director James Comey , on the grounds that the U.S. attorney who presented the cases was illegally appointed. But g

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