New York Attorney General Charged With Criminal Financial Fraud Charges
A national judicial panel has indicted Letitia James over allegations of financial misconduct this past Thursday, according to someone with knowledge of the case.
The US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia directly submitted the case to the grand jury on Thursday, as reported.
Federal prosecutors do not typically appear before such panels.
Halligan was installed in the role the previous month following Donald Trump became frustrated regarding the progress of investigations involving adversaries.
This action marks a recent strategy to leverage federal justice authorities to punish adversaries.
It follows two weeks after charges were filed targeting the former FBI director.
Career prosecutors prepared a memo regarding that situation outlining why charges were not justified.
Comey entered a not guilty plea on Wednesday.
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