{"id":61287,"date":"2025-12-04T23:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T23:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/61287\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T23:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T23:29:08","slug":"grand-jury-declines-indictment-against-letitia-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/61287\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Jury Declines Indictment Against Letitia James"},"content":{"rendered":"

Topline<\/p>\n

An indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James was declined by a grand jury Thursday in a mortgage fraud case against her, marking the second Trump administration-led indictment James has avoided within the last two weeks.<\/p>\n

New York Attorney General Letitia James, speaks outside the United States District Court on Oct. 24 in Norfolk, Virginia.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.Key Facts<\/p>\n

The indictment was declined by a grand jury in Norfolk, Virginia.<\/p>\n

The Justice Department sought to indict James after its first indictment against James was thrown out<\/a> in November, as U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie ruled U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, who signed the indictment, was not validly appointed.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors can still seek a third indictment against James, who has denied wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

What We Don\u2019t Know:<\/p>\n

If the DOJ will also try to reindict former FBI Director James Comey,<\/a> whose charges for allegedly lying to Congress were also thrown out due to Halligan\u2019s appointment being invalid. While bringing charges against James was more straightforward, Comey\u2019s case is more complicated, as the statute of limitations for his comments to Congress expired in September. Federal law does allow prosecutors to bring new charges within six months of charges being dismissed despite the statute of limitations\u2014or 60 days after any appeals process ends\u2014but it\u2019s unclear if that applies here. Currie suggested in a footnote to her ruling that since the government\u2019s indictment against Comey was never valid in the first place, since Halligan wasn\u2019t a valid prosecutor, then the six-month rule doesn\u2019t apply, and the charges can\u2019t be brought again. The judge\u2019s comments aren\u2019t binding, however, so the Trump administration could still try to bring charges again and see how it plays out in court. <\/p>\n

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