New York Attorney General Letitia James excoriated the conduct of President Donald Trump’s lawyers in their attempts to prosecute her for mortgage fraud in a new court filing from Monday.
James was indicted in October on two charges of mortgage fraud, a charge that Trump allies have used to go after other Trump adversaries such as Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. These cases are being charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, which is led by Trump’s hand-picked interim U.S. Attorney, Lindsey Halligan.
On Monday, James and her lawyers asked the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to dismiss the charges against her with prejudice. They also took the opportunity to call out indiscretions in the prosecution’s conduct.
“As explained further below, multiple government actors engaged in outrageous conduct to obtain the indictment, in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment,” the motion to dismiss reads in part. “Because this prosecution is patently unconstitutional, this Court should dismiss the indictment with prejudice.”
In making their argument, James and her lawyer pointed to Trump’s Truth Social post where he called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to indict James and others.
“This indictment is the product of months of illegal and unethical behavior by government officials, only made possible by the misuse of a federal agency, the disregard of exculpatory evidence, the systematic removal of ethics officials and career prosecutors who stood in the way, and the improper attempt to install an unqualified U.S. Attorney with nothing to offer except undying loyalty,” the motion adds. “If this brazen, continuous disregard for the law and the Constitution is not outrageous government conduct, nothing is.”
Read the entire motion to dismiss by clicking here.
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