Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James will ask a federal judge on Thursday to dismiss the criminal charges against them, arguing that President Trump’s hand-picked U.S. attorney who secured their indictments was unlawfully appointed.
New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday on federal mortgage fraud charges in Virginia, a move widely seen as politically motivated after President Trump publicly demanded her prosecution.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has appointed Ed Martin, a conservative activist and former interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., to investigate mortgage fraud allegations against Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James over real estate documents tied to a Virginia home purchase, marking the first known criminal probe into a law enforcement official who has taken legal action against former President Donald Trump.
