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ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN.

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FILE - New York Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks after pleading not guilty outside the United States District Court Oct. 24, 2025, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/John Clark, File)

Justice Department again fails to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, AP source says

December 11, 2025

A grand jury has declined for a second time to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, refusing to resurrect a mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the matter. It’s a another major blow to the Justice Department after the dismissal of earlier charges against James and another longtime Trump foe, former FBI Director James Comey, in a stunning rebuke of the Trump administration’s efforts to prosecute the president’s political opponents. James says the case is politically motivated and has denied any wrongdoing.

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FILE - An officer with the Uniform Division of the United States Secret Service sits in his car at a checkpoint near the home of President Barack Obama, Oct. 24, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Justice Department strips Jan. 6 references from court paper and punishes prosecutors who filed it

October 30, 2025

The Justice Department has stripped references to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack from court papers and punished two federal prosecutors who filed the document seeking prison time at sentencing Thursday for an armed rioter arrested near former President Barack Obama’s home. The prosecutors were locked out of their government devices and told they were being put on leave Wednesday shortly after they filed a sentencing memorandum describing the crowd of President Donald Trump supporters who attacked the Capitol as a “mob of rioters.” That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a personnel matter.

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