Federal prosecutors on Friday described the criminal case against New York Attorney General Letitia James as a “garden variety mortgage fraud prosecution,” urging a judge to allow the case to proceed. The federal indictment charges James with two counts: bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution. If convicted on both counts, she faces up to 60 years in prison and fines totaling up to $2 million.
In a filing, government attorneys pushed back against James’s legal team, which has argued the charges should be dismissed because the case was initiated to punish one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent critics. Continue reading…
