{"id":94228,"date":"2026-01-08T23:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/94228\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T23:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:06:20","slug":"prosecutors-launch-new-probe-into-ny-ag-letitia-james-tied-to-longtime-hairdresser-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/94228\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors launch new probe into NY AG Letitia James tied to longtime hairdresser: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Federal prosecutors have opened a new probe into New York State Attorney General Letitia James that\u2019s connected to her longtime hairdresser, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are looking into past financial transactions between the Democratic official and Iyesata Marsh,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/08\/us\/politics\/letitia-james-trump-justice-department.html?\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/prosecutors-begin-new-inquiry-into-financial-transactions-between-letitia-james-and-her-hairdresser-2-sources-say\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CBS News<\/a>\u00a0reported Thursday, citing sources.<\/p>\n<p>Marsh was federally indicted in December in Louisiana on charges of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft over the purchase of a Land Rover three years ago, the Times reported.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38132601\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/021425-new-york-attorney-general-98557543.jpg\" alt=\"New York Attorney General Letitia James and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong.\" class=\"wp-image-38132601\"  \/>A new probe has been launched by federal prosecutors into NY AG Letitia James tied to her longtime hairdresser. Matthew McDermott<\/p>\n<p>The new investigation, which is reportedly in the early stages, comes after the Department of Justice\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/04\/us-news\/federal-grand-jury-declines-to-indict-ny-ag-letitia-james-after-doj-refiled-mortgage-fraud-charges\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">struggled to make an indictment stick<\/a>\u00a0against James on alleged mortgage fraud in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.80078125;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38132597\" width=\"472\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iyesata-marsh-aka-satastyles-seen-118515757.jpg\" alt=\"Iyesata Marsh, aka satastyles, smiling while crouching on wooden stairs.\" class=\"wp-image-38132597\"  \/>Iyesata Marsh, aka satastyles, is James\u2019 longtime hairdresser. Instagram\/Iyesata Marsh<\/p>\n<p>A lawyer for James, Abbe Lowell, told the Times the new probe reflects frustration with \u201cthe string of failures in carrying out President Trump\u2019s political vendetta.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike their earlier attempts, this attack on Ms. James is doomed to fail,\u201d he said. \u201cThe desperation of those working for Trump is palpable and makes indelible the stain already put on this Justice Department.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federal prosecutors have opened a new probe into New York State Attorney General Letitia James that\u2019s connected to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[393,398,57,9,11,10,87,44171,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-94228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-attorney-general","9":"tag-letitia-james","10":"tag-metro","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-probes","16":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}