Letitia James Faces Federal Financial Fraud Indictment
A national judicial panel has charged Letitia James for bank fraud this past Thursday, according to someone with knowledge of the case.
Lindsey Halligan handled the presentation of the charges before the judicial panel on Thursday, as reported.
Federal prosecutors seldom present to a grand jury.
Halligan was appointed as US attorney the previous month following the president grew impatient with the pace in ongoing probes targeting political opponents.
This step marks a recent strategy to leverage federal justice authorities to punish political rivals.
It comes two weeks after Halligan obtained indictments targeting the former FBI director.
Experienced attorneys prepared a memo regarding that situation explaining why indictments were not warranted.
Comey pleaded not guilty this past Wednesday.
Updates to follow
