Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department

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This case will also fail

Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department

www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

— (@oc88.bsky.social) 2025-10-09T20:30:20.830Z

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/politics/letitia-james-grand-jury-trump-indictment

New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday in Alexandria, Virginia, as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

James has been under investigation since May over a 2023 mortgage she took out to help her niece buy a home in Norfolk, Virginia.

The charges come as Trump continues to call for his enemies to be prosecuted in court. Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty Wednesday to allegedly making a false statement in a congressional proceeding. The Justice Department has also opened investigation into former Trump national security adviser John Bolton, California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff, and others.

James’ relationship with Trump has been adversarial for years as James campaigned on promises to investigate Trump and ultimately won a civil fraud case against Trump, his adult sons and his real estate business. A judge found them liable for fraud for inflating the value of their properties, and ordered Trump to pay $355 million in penalties. Trump has appealed.

[Bluetus]

1. While a major hassle for James, actually could be a good thing

as it furthers the idea of Trump bringing frivolous cases against political enemies. Virtually every legal opinion is that Comey's case has not merit at all and will be quickly tossed. James' case seems to boil down to a very minor technicality that was of no consequence to anything. There was no intent to defraud and she received no benefit from that technical error.

Let us remember that James WON the case against Trump for civil fraud, although Trump got the award quashed on appeal. If she can get this case dismissed quickly, that will add to the narrative of Trump abusing the judicial system with malicious lawsuits paid for by the taxpayers.

[NEOBuckeye]

17. I want her to be the next USAG

And see Bondi’s face turn ghost white the moment it is announced.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Justice Department indicts N.Y. attorney general

So not only can you indict a ham sandwich, you can be indicted *by* a ham sandwich.

I guess they found a bunch of yahoos in Virginia to indict the proverbial ham sandwich.

Justice Department indicts N.Y. attorney general

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

— Greg Hernandez (@ghnarrator.bsky.social) 2025-10-09T20:45:27.448Z

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/09/letitia-james-grand-jury-trump/

The Justice Department won an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday, accusing her of committing mortgage fraud when she purchased a property in Virginia in 2023.

The indictment on bank fraud makes James the second of President Donald Trump’s political foes to be charged in the Eastern District of Virginia since Trump pushed out the top prosecutor there and appointed a close ally, Lindsey Halligan, who had no previous experience as a prosecutor, to replace him. Halligan won an indictment two weeks ago against former FBI director James B. Comey on charges of making a false statement to Congress. He has pleaded not guilty.

Halligan presented the case against James to a grand jury in Alexandria. It is unusual for a top politically-appointed U.S. attorney to present a case herself and could suggest that the office struggled to find a career attorney willing to take on the assignment.

A senior career attorney in the office had indicated to her staff in recent days that she believed the case was weak and did not want to present it to a grand jury, according to two people familiar with the internal conversations who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation. That attorney had also worked to insulate her subordinates from the case so that they, too, would not have to present the case, those people said.

[Raven123]

6. Demand a quick trial

If the reported public information is correct (she wrote on two loan applications that this was not her primary residence), she should easily win this

As with the Comey case, I really would like to know what the grand jury was told. Never gonna find out, but sure smells funny.

[malaise]

3. Farce

That is all

[wnylib]

4. I just read this on Huffpost. Tish is my Attorney General. One more reason to hate the WH fascist.

[W_HAMILTON]

5. For those that inexplicably feel sympathy for Comey...

...please redirect it to this strong black woman that held to account the criminal in our White House rather than help him get there in first place.

[newdeal2]

11. 100% Rec

[cynical_idealist]

7. indictment:

AI Overview
The phrase "won an indictment" is not standard legal terminology, as an indictment is the result of a grand jury's vote, not a victory in court. The accurate phrasing would be that a prosecutor obtained an indictment or that a grand jury returned an indictment.

[a kennedy]

8. Nicole has all her heavy weights on discussing this.....for OTH HOURS!!!!

[a kennedy]

9. Sorry for BOTH HER HOURS!!!

[surfered]

10. Texas AG Ken Paxton reportedly has mortgages on 3 different "primary residences."

[maxsolomon]

12. IOKIYAR.

It's OK If You're A Republican.

This should help you understand the difference.

[Passages]

13. She got him.

No matter what happens next, she got him, and he could not stand it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. Leticia James' statement.

Leticia James’ statement.

— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) 2025-10-09T22:09:13.357Z

[rurallib]

15. Thanks - sorry I can only rec this once

[ffr]

16. The release of the Epstein Files must be nearing, eh Donald? We haven't forgotten.

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18. MaddowBlog-The one thing the Letitia James and James Comey indictments have in common

Both cases are brazenly and transparently corrupt, for the sake of brazen and transparent corruption.

The Letitia James and James Comey cases are two sides of the same coin:

Trump isn’t hiding his weaponization of the criminal justice system, he’s *flaunting* it, hoping to instill fear in critics and prosecutors.

The corruption is the point. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-10-10T13:10:10.529Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/one-thing-letitia-james-james-comey-indictments-common-rcna236837

Two weeks ago, when an unqualified Trump loyalist secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, it was widely characterized as the most obvious example in history of a politically motivated DOJ prosecution. Fourteen days later, we were reminded that it was really just the most obvious example of a politically motivated DOJ prosecution so far. MSNBC reported:

A Virginia grand jury on Thursday indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on bank fraud charges following intense pressure from President Donald Trump to bring the case. ... James was charged with bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution, according to the indictment.

The parallels between the James and Comey cases are striking.

In the latter, Trump spent months targeting the former FBI director and pressuring his team to bring criminal charges against his perceived foe. When the Trump-nominated U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia balked, and career prosecutors explained in detail and in writing that the evidence didn’t support charging Comey, the president expressed indifference to the rule of law......

As we’ve discussed, Trump and his confederates aren’t hiding their weaponization of the criminal justice system, they’re flaunting it. They want everyone to notice. They need other White House critics to be afraid, and other federal prosecutors to understand that they’ll soon be unemployed unless they play ball the way Halligan did.

The corruption is the point.

There might be half-hearted denials, issued with winks and nods, but by design, everyone should already be painfully aware of what is plainly true: The authoritarian crisis has arrived. We now live in a country where the president’s political opponents are prosecuted at his command.

As we’ve discussed, Trump and his confederates aren’t hiding their weaponization of the criminal justice system, they’re flaunting it. They want everyone to notice. They need other White House critics to be afraid, and other federal prosecutors to understand that they’ll soon be unemployed unless they play ball the way Halligan did.

Alan Rozenshtein, a former department official who now teaches at the University of Minnesota Law School, told The New York Times, “What we are seeing is the almost wholesale collapse of the Justice Department as an organization based on the rule of la[w/b].”