James was indicted on two federal counts of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The indictment stems from her 2020 purchase of a home in Norfolk, Virginia, where prosecutors allege that she misled a bank about the nature of the residence in order to obtain more favorable loan conditions.<\/p>\n
DOJ SEEKS REMOVAL OF COMEY’S DEFENSE LAWYER, CITING CONFLICT OF INTEREST<\/a><\/p>\n President Donald Trump (R) walks with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi (L) during a visit to the Justice Department Mar. 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C.\u00a0 (Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n James, for her part, has vehemently denied wrongdoing, and is expected to plead not guilty.<\/p>\n “This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system,” James said in a statement<\/a> after she was indicted.\u00a0<\/p>\n “These charges are baseless, and the president’s own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost,” she added.<\/p>\n Her indictment, like the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, was presented to a grand jury by former White House aide Lindsey Halligan, whom President Donald Trump installed as the acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n Trump, in September, said he would install Halligan as the top prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia, replacing interim attorney Erik Siebert, who resigned under pressure to indict both Comey and James.<\/p>\n FBI AGENTS SUE TRUMP DOJ TO BLOCK ANY PUBLIC IDENTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES WHO WORKED ON JAN. 6 INVESTIGATIONS<\/a><\/p>\n New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. \u00a0 (AP Photo\/Brittainy Newman, File)<\/p>\n James\u2019 indictment, like Comey\u2019s, has touched off intense backlash and concerns of weaponization <\/a>within the Justice Department’s ranks during Trump\u2019s second presidential term.\u00a0<\/p>\n Both cases have both sparked the resignations or firings of several career officials in the Eastern District of Virginia, including in the Norfolk office, where two assistant U.S. attorneys were fired for reportedly<\/a> voicing opposition to bringing James’ case.<\/p>\n Halligan will be joined in court Friday by a Missouri-based federal prosecutor, Roger Keller, according to court filings.\u00a0<\/p>\n James’ defense attorney, Abbe Lowell, told the court they have retained the services of Andrew Bosse, a former assistant U.S. attorney based in Norfolk who formerly headed up the office’s criminal division.\u00a0<\/p>\n The case against James comes after she successfully brought a civil fraud case against Trump last year.<\/p>\n After the arraignment, it is likely that she will file a motion to dismiss her case for vindictive and selective prosecution, following similar steps taken by Comey’s legal team in Alexandria earlier this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Lowell, her attorney, has described the case against her as “improper political retribution,” and vowed they would<\/a> “fight these charges in every process allowed in the law.”<\/p>\n The Justice Department did not immediately respond to Fox News’s request for comment on the case, or whether Halligan or Keller would\u00a0be joined by any other federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia. \u00a0<\/p>\n Breanne Deppisch is a national politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the Trump administration<\/a>, with a focus on the Justice Department, FBI and other national news. 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