Justice Department subpoenas Letitia James about Trump fraud probe [View all]

Source: Washington Post

August 8, 2025 at 12:26 p.m. EDT


The Justice Department is intensifying its legal battle against New York Attorney General Letitia James, issuing at least two subpoenas to James in recent days, according to three people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an investigation. The investigation of the president’s foe is being run out of the Northern District of New York, which covers the state capital of Albany, according to two of the people familiar with the probe.

One of the subpoenas focused on James’s successful civil fraud case against President Donald Trump and his real estate empire, the people familiar with the probe said. A judge ruled in 2024 that Trump and his company pay $450 million in fines. A second subpoena suggested that the Justice Department is looking into James’s high-profile litigation against the National Rifle Association, which led to court-mandated reforms of the group, the people said. The Justice Department declined to comment.

“Any weaponization of the justice system should disturb every American. 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,” said Geoff Burgan, a spokesman for the state attorney general.

“Investigating the fraud case Attorney General James won against President Trump and his businesses has to be the most blatant and desperate example of this administration carrying out the president’s political retribution campaign,” James’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, said in a statement.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/08/justice-trump-new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james/

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REFERENCE - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143455670

It's pure childishness. News flash: THESE. WERE. STATE. CASES. You know, like that idiot Paxton does continually.

And that Northern District of New York is the same one where the interim U.S. Attorney was rejected by the Judges for an extension and they appointed a temp replacement who was summarily "fired", while 45 has been attempting to do an illegal work-around of U.S. Attorneys from consideration by the Senate - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143497890

Interim US attorney gets new title after judicial panel rejection for permanent position

That action has triggered a suit itself - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143508667