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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-opens-grand-jury-investigation- letitia-james-tied-trump-civil-case

The Department of Justice convened a grand jury to investigate New York Attorney General Letitia James, marking an escalation in President Donald Trump's fight with New York's top prosecutor.

The investigation is being run out of Albany and focused on possible deprivation of rights allegations, two well-placed sources familiar with
the probe told Fox News Digital.

The investigation, which came at the direction of Attorney General Pam
Bondi, is in an early stage, but Fox News Digital has learned that James's office received subpoenas for documents this week, including for
information related to her civil fraud lawsuit against Trump.

James, a Democrat who was elected attorney general in 2018, has long been
a target of Trump. James successfully brought civil charges against him
for business fraud in 2022 and has had an instrumental role in challenging
his current administration's executive actions in court.

A spokesperson for James suggested the latest action by the DOJ was a "weaponization" of its prosecutorial power.

"Any weaponization of the justice system should disturb every American,"
the spokesperson said. "We stand strongly behind our successful litigation against the Trump Organization and the National Rifle Association, and we
will continue to stand up for New Yorkers’ rights."

A DOJ spokesperson declined to comment on the grand jury investigation.

James began investigating the Trump Organization soon after she took
office, eventually securing a $454 million judgment against the then-
former president and some of Trump's company's executives, including two
of his sons.

A New York judge found Trump and his business partners grossly overstated Trump's wealth to obtain favorable loans and other financial benefits.
Trump is appealing the decision. James said at the time that financial
fraud was not a "victimless crime."

"If average New Yorkers went into a bank and submitted false documents,
the government would throw the book at them, and the same should be true
for former presidents," James said.

James also has been a leading figure in bringing litigation challenging
the second Trump administration's executive actions. James and other
Democratic attorneys general have sued to fight spending freezes on
federally funded social programs, mass firings of federal employees and restrictions on transgender care for minors, among other matters.

Convening a grand jury is the first step in an investigation and could potentially lead to an indictment. The panel examines evidence, including documents and witness interviews, and determines if probable cause exists
to bring charges against a person. The process can take weeks or longer,
and it is historically much easier for a grand jury to secure an
indictment than it is to obtain a subsequent conviction.

News of the investigation comes as tensions have continued to build
between Trump and James.

In April, the Trump Federal Housing Finance Agency asked Bondi to
investigate James over mortgage fraud, and the DOJ opened a separate investigation into that matter. James received subpoenas from a grand jury
as part of the inquiry, the Washington Post reported.

Fox News confirmed on Friday that Pardon Attorney Ed Martin, who is also leading a weaponization task force, is heading up the mortgage fraud investigation into James, as well as leading a similar investigation into
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., James' mortgage case is based in Virginia, and Schiff's is in Maryland.

James has denied the mortgage-related allegations.

Amid news of the mortgage inquiry, Trump called James a "wacky crook" on
Truth Social.

"Letitia James, a totally corrupt politician, should resign from her
position as New York State Attorney General, IMMEDIATELY," Trump wrote.


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