Criminal Justice & the Rule of Law Executive Branch

NY Attorney General Letitia James Indicted in Eastern District of Virginia

Tyler McBrien
Thursday, October 9, 2025, 6:04 PM
The charges came two weeks after Lindsey Halligan indicted James Comey, following the forced removal of her predecessor for declining to do so.
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On Oct. 9, a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia handed up an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James related to allegations of bank fraud and false statement charges. 

The charges against James came two weeks after the indictment of James Comey by Lindsey Halligan, the new U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia handpicked by President Donald Trump after her predecessor, Erik Siebert, was forced out for declining to prosecute the former FBI director. 

The latest indictment alleges that the New York attorney general fraudulently falsified records related to a home she owned in Norfolk, Virginia. 

Read the indictment here or below:

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Tyler McBrien is the managing editor of Lawfare. He previously worked as an editor with the Council on Foreign Relations and a Princeton in Africa Fellow with Equal Education in South Africa, and holds an MA in international relations from the University of Chicago.
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