#letitia-james

#letitia-james

These prosecutions were widely panned as lacking in legal merit, even by numerous conservatives, with many viewing the cases as a politically motivated revenge tour on behalf of an aggrieved president. In November, U.S. District Court Judge Cameron McGowan Currie for the District of South Carolina, a Clinton appointee, dismissed the cases against James and Comey, ruling that Halligan was unlawfully appointed, among other reasons.

Another federal judge heard arguments Thursday about the legitimacy of a top Trump administration prosecutor as New York Attorney General Letitia James challenged the authority of the acting U.S. attorney probing two of her high-profile cases. The court hearing focusing on the role of John Sarcone, who is acting as U.S. attorney for northern New York, comes as President Donald Trump's effort to install political loyalists as federal prosecutors has run into a legal buzz saw.

"Consequently, I conclude that the Attorney General's attempt to install Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid and that Ms. Halligan has been unlawfully serving in that role since September 22, 2025," Currie wrote. "I conclude that all actions flowing from Ms. Halligan's defective appointment, including securing and signing Mr. Comey's indictment, constitute unlawful exercises of executive power and must be set aside."

I thought the case was a choose-your-own-adventure of procedural errors, Adamson said. And here we are because this was a huge oneHalligan being appointed after the 120 days of the interim appointment had been exceeded was a huge problem. And indeed the court agreed that she wasn't lawfully appointed. And the problem here is that Halligan did everything on her own. And so now these indictments can't stand.

I'm sorry, this is where we're at, De Niro continued, while holding his hand to his chest. It's what she's saying, This is it. I will not be taken down by this person. I am not afraid of him.' And God bless her for that. He added ICE agents or those ICE guys, as De Niro put it better not mess with James.

None of this, on either side, is healthy for the republic, continuing: Ms. James accused Mr. Trump of civil fraud, while giving no evidence that his sophisticated lenders suffered any losses. Nevertheless, the trial judge imposed a financial penalty of roughly half a billion dollars. When that was invalidated in August, Ms. James promised to appeal to the state's highest court to protect the rights and interests of New Yorkers.

If it were President Biden and he had sent a direct message that was made public directing his attorney general to prosecute someone, you guys would have been calling for impeachment, she said to GOP strategist Lance Trover.

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper sniped at New York Attorney General Letitia James as he recalled her vow to sue Donald Trump and become a pain in his ass just one day after she was appointed in 2018 before looking at any evidence. The comments came Thursday as the CNN panel discussed developments that saw a federal grand jury indict James for bank fraud.

Driving the news: The indictment comes after U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert, left his post under pressure from Trump after he failed to bring fraud charges against James and former FBI Director James Comey, who was indicted last month after Siebert's resignation. Zoom out: Trump has repeatedly slammed James and her office, claiming that James was on a "witch hunt" and calling her "a totally corrupt politician" who should resign.

We'll still employ New York residents, and we'll still continue to do mortgage loans in New York, of course, the source continued. But we are going to eliminate our physical presence. And to the extent that we have leases, we are going to be subleasing those, a source close to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) told the news outlet.