NY Attorney General Letitia James set to be arraigned on fraud charges on Friday

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Source: ABC Channel 7 in New York

POLITICS
NY ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES SET TO BE ARRAIGNED ON FRAUD CHARGES ON FRIDAY

By Marcus Solis
Updated 1 hour ago

Marcus Solis reports on the charges against Letitia James.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York Attorney General Letitia James has declared her innocence, and labeled the mortgage fraud charges against her as "baseless." … On Thursday, James' legal team said in paperwork it plans to ask a federal judge to dismiss the charges on the grounds that the U.S. Attorney in Eastern Virginia who obtained the indictment was unlawfully appointed.

Her legal team made the move the day before the attorney general is scheduled to be arraigned in the U.S. District Court in Norfolk, Virginia, where she is expected to plead not guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of making false statements to a financial institution.

Lindsey Halligan was appointed by President Donald Trump last month as U.S. Attorney for Virginia's Eastern District, after her predecessor was forced out of his job after he expressed concerns with the strength of the evidence against both James and former FBI Director James Comey.

Comey has also since been indicted in the same district on charges of obstructing Congress and making a false statement. He is making a similar argument in his case.

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1. New York AG to be arraigned on fraud charges in Norfolk

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New York AG to be arraigned on fraud charges in Norfolk

Road closures from 5 a.m. until 1 p.m. near the Norfolk federal courthouse Friday

by: Jane Alvarez-Wertz
Posted: Oct 23, 2025 / 05:35 PM EDT
Updated: Oct 24, 2025 / 01:38 AM EDT

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) is scheduled to appear before a Norfolk federal judge on Friday.

James is due in court to be arraigned on mortgage fraud charges. A federal grand jury indicted James earlier this month. The case centers around a home in Norfolk. She’s accused of buying the home in 2020 with the understanding that she was the sole person to live there.

Prosecutors allege that James instead used the home as a rental property, which they say would save her money on the loan.

She is facing two counts: bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution.

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