Overview
- New York Attorney General Letitia James was charged by a Virginia federal grand jury over allegations she falsely claimed a Norfolk property as her primary residence on mortgage documents, which she denounced as political retaliation.
- Lindsey Halligan, newly appointed U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia after Erik Siebert resigned, presented the James case to the grand jury following Trump’s calls for action.
- Former FBI director James Comey was arraigned in Alexandria on obstruction and false-statement counts tied to his 2020 Senate testimony and pleaded not guilty, asserting his innocence and saying he is not afraid.
- Prosecutors allege Comey denied authorizing his deputy to be quoted anonymously about sensitive FBI investigations, a key element of the false-statements charge.
- Democratic leaders condemned the James indictment, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling it tyranny and New York Governor Kathy Hochul accusing the Justice Department of being weaponized; James previously secured a 2024 civil fraud judgment against Trump that was later narrowed on appeal.