Overview

• Elizabeth Yusi, the senior Norfolk prosecutor, has told colleagues she finds no probable cause to bring mortgage‑fraud charges and will present that conclusion to acting U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan.
• Career prosecutors previously determined they could not prove Letitia James lied or intended to lie on loan documents tied to her niece’s Norfolk home.
• James’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, has provided forms and emails showing she marked the property as not her primary residence and told a broker the house "WILL NOT be my primary residence."
• Prosecutors in the district fear Yusi could be dismissed for resisting pressure, while the Justice Department declined comment and the White House did not respond.
• Trump installed Halligan after Erik Siebert resigned under pressure, Halligan quickly obtained a grand jury indictment of James Comey, and recent firings of career prosecutors intensified concerns over political interference.