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9. Justice Department indicts N.Y. attorney general
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 04:52 PM
Thursday

So not only can you indict a ham sandwich, you can be indicted *by* a ham sandwich.

I guess they found a bunch of yahoos in Virginia to indict the proverbial ham sandwich.

Justice Department indicts N.Y. attorney general

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Greg Hernandez (@ghnarrator.bsky.social) 2025-10-09T20:45:27.448Z

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/09/letitia-james-grand-jury-trump/

The Justice Department won an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday, accusing her of committing mortgage fraud when she purchased a property in Virginia in 2023.

The indictment on bank fraud makes James the second of President Donald Trump’s political foes to be charged in the Eastern District of Virginia since Trump pushed out the top prosecutor there and appointed a close ally, Lindsey Halligan, who had no previous experience as a prosecutor, to replace him. Halligan won an indictment two weeks ago against former FBI director James B. Comey on charges of making a false statement to Congress. He has pleaded not guilty.

Halligan presented the case against James to a grand jury in Alexandria. It is unusual for a top politically-appointed U.S. attorney to present a case herself and could suggest that the office struggled to find a career attorney willing to take on the assignment.

A senior career attorney in the office had indicated to her staff in recent days that she believed the case was weak and did not want to present it to a grand jury, according to two people familiar with the internal conversations who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation. That attorney had also worked to insulate her subordinates from the case so that they, too, would not have to present the case, those people said.

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Making shithole happy in what I hear....................... Lovie777 Thursday #1
Oh, it will be. That's why he had to get a nobody like Halligan in place to do the dirty work AZJonnie Thursday #2
Ty I keep forgetting that! (1 side) electric_blue68 Thursday #7
True, but I'm quite sure this also carries with it a high cost to defend ones self. groundloop Thursday #13
James and Comey should subpoena the US Attorneys who avebury Thursday #3
Halligan probably presented only the box checked by mistake on a form, Ocelot II Thursday #4
Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #5
The TRASH class will be so upset BaronChocula Thursday #6
She can copy Patrick Fitzgerald's vindictive prosecution motion. nt SunSeeker Thursday #8
Justice Department indicts N.Y. attorney general LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #9
once shes aquitted the prosecutors should all be disbarred moonshinegnomie Thursday #10
I keep wondering how many real criminals remain unpunished while Glorious bastard Thursday #11
Ha! What a joke! ReRe Thursday #12
Leticia James' statement LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #14
Trying to punish another person just doing their job Bayard Thursday #15
Wait .... I'm confused ... is she indicted for being female, or for being black? FakeNoose Thursday #16
That fat, fraud, orange, rapist imbecile wolfie001 Thursday #17
*sigh* LudwigPastorius Thursday #18
I am getting damn sick of the public's tax money being spent for politics Stargazer99 Thursday #19
Huh, wuh? "Why are the rest of you just putting up with this?" What does that mean? Exp Thursday #21
The Grand Jury is not presented with ANY evidence from the defense. This will go nowhere. nt Exp Thursday #20
Halligan is no match for Comey and James Skittles Friday #22
Popehat: "I've never seen anything remotely this petty charged as bank fraud." muriel_volestrangler Friday #23
"(If you don't know him, Popehat is Ken White, a respected lawyer)" BumRushDaShow Friday #24
White may be a respected attorney - but it's clear that this isn't his area of expertise FBaggins Friday #25
MaddowBlog-The one thing the Letitia James and James Comey indictments have in common LetMyPeopleVote Friday #26
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