Letitia James, new york city
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New York Attorney General Letitia James vowed to keep fighting the Trump administration’s “aggressive policies” during her first public appearance since being indicted on federal charges. “We see powerful voices trying to silence truth and punish dissent and yes,
James spoke at a campaign rally for mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani in her first public appearance since the Justice Department charged her with bank fraud.
Attorney General William Tong has joined Democratic counterparts from 20 other states and the District of Columbia to condemn the federal prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James. The 22 attorneys general issued a joint statement that branded the indictment of James last week on federal fraud charges related to her purchase of a home in Virginia as retaliation for James winning a judgment against President Donald Trump and his companies last year in a suit alleging he defrauded banks by overstating the value of his real estate holdings on financial statements.