Prosecutor resists Trump pressure to criminally charge New York AG James: MSNBC

A apical national authoritative successful Virginia is resisting unit from President Donald Trump to question a transgression indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime antagonist of Trump, MSNBC reported Monday.

The prosecutor, Elizabeth Yusi, works successful the U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Virginia, which precocious obtained an indictment of different people of Trump's ire, former FBI Director James Comey.

"Yusi, who oversees large transgression prosecutions successful the Norfolk bureau of the Eastern District of Virginia, has confided to co-workers that she sees nary probable origin to judge James engaged successful owe fraud, the 2 sources told MSNBC," according to MSNBC's report.

"Yusi plans to contiguous her decision to the president's caller interim U.S. attorney, Lindsey Halligan, successful the coming weeks, they said," MSNBC reported.

Halligan was installed successful that occupation by Trump aft her predecessor, Erik Siebert, resigned nether unit from Trump aft opposing the filing of charges against Comey.

Halligan soon afterward got a expansive assemblage to indict Comey connected charges of lying during grounds astatine the Senate Judiciary Committee connected Sept. 30, 2020.

Comey denies the allegations.

Trump implicit the play called James "SCUM" successful a societal media station that urged her removal arsenic lawyer general.

In an earlier societal media post, connected Sept. 20, Trump called connected U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute James, Comey, and Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

Bill Pulte, whom Trump appointed to caput the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has suggested that James committed owe fraud successful transportation with a Norfolk, Virginia, home, wherever her niece lives.

James's lawyer, Abbe Lowell, has denied the proposition that James said the location was her superior residence to get a much favorable indebtedness rate.

"Lowell noted that a power-of-attorney signifier had mistakenly listed the location arsenic a superior residence, but that James herself checked 'no' connected the indebtedness exertion erstwhile asked if the location was her superior home," MSNBC reported. "In addition, according to Lowell, James besides sent an email to her owe broker stating the location 'WILL NOT beryllium my superior residence.' "

James, successful aboriginal September, appealed an intermediate appellate court's determination tossing retired a $500 cardinal punishment connected Trump and his institution successful transportation with concern fraud. The appellate tribunal said the good violated the U.S. Constitution's prohibition of excessive fines.

The tribunal upheld a proceedings tribunal judge's uncovering that Trump and others had committed concern fraud.

He has denied wrongdoing successful that case, which stemmed from a suit that James filed against him.