Overview

• The DOJ convened the grand jury on August 8 in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York to examine actions by Attorney General Letitia James in the Trump fraud litigation.
• Prosecutors are probing whether James’s office abused its authority under color of law by pursuing its high-profile civil suit against the Trump Organization.
• James secured a $454 million judgment and a $300 million disgorgement order in 2022, both of which remain under appeal.
• The New York Attorney General’s office denies any wrongdoing and asserts that its litigation was lawful and served the interests of New Yorkers.
• President Trump has condemned the probe, denounced James as corrupt, and demanded her resignation, intensifying their legal and political feud.