Overview

• James’s 2022 civil fraud suit against President Donald Trump resulted in a $454 million judgment that is currently under appeal.
• Her office’s litigation against the National Rifle Association secured judgments forcing leadership reforms and imposing financial penalties on its executives.
• Prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York convened a grand jury and issued two subpoenas for documents from her Trump and NRA cases.
• The probe is focused on whether James’s office violated civil rights statutes by depriving parties of constitutional protections under color of law.
• This federal inquiry follows an April Federal Housing Finance Agency referral alleging mortgage fraud and a separate DOJ review of her personal real estate transactions.