President Donald Trump’s plans for revenge against his political enemies were disrupted yet again on Thursday after a grand jury declined to pursue charges against New York Attorney General Leticia James. The setback was the latest in a line of legal failures for Trump.

The grand jury made a determination of “no true bill” in the case, where the Department of Justice had accused James of misleading a bank on a mortgage application. In a statement James said the allegations were “baseless” and part of a system of “unchecked weaponization of our justice system” under Trump.

The charges were pursued under orders from Trump, who pressured the previous U.S. attorney in Virginia to resign in September after he reportedly said there was no real case against James. Trump fumed at the time on his

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