New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of President Donald Trump, was indicted on charges of lying on a mortgage application on Thursday, the Justice Department said, as the administration seeks to use government power against those who have pursued investigations into him or publicly resisted his agenda.
A grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, returned an indictment charging James with one count of bank fraud and one count of making a false statement to a lending institution, court records showed.
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James, a Democrat, said in a statement she would continue serving as New York state's top law enforcement official and called the charges "a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system."
"We will fight these baseless charges
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