The DOJ has reportedly failed to get a new indictment of Letitia James, at least for now, after a grand jury just refused to indict her.
Here’s more via NBC News:
The Justice Department on Thursday failed to secure an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, a person familiar with the matter told NBC News.
The presentation to the grand jury came less than two weeks after the original criminal case against her was dismissed.
James, a frequent political target of President Donald Trump’s who had successfully brought a fraud lawsuit against him, had previously been indicted by a grand jury on one charge of bank fraud and another of making false statements to a financial institution.
James has denied any wrongdoing.
Lindsey Halligan, the acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and a former personal attorney to Trump with no prior prosecutorial experience, presented the case to a grand jury on her own in the first go-round — and that case was declared void on Nov. 24 when a judge found Halligan’s appointment was unlawful.
The Justice Department initially vowed to appeal the ruling by U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie, but ultimately decided to seek a new, untainted indictment against James, a source familiar with the deliberations told NBC News earlier this week.
The new case was presented to a grand jury in Norfolk, Virginia, by different prosecutors.
The failure to secure an indictment on Thursday does not bar prosecutors from attempting to do so again in the future.
A separate source familiar with the matter said there “should be no premature celebrations.”
So she’s indicted once, but that fails in court. And now a second grand jury is now refusing to indict? This is strange. Grand Juries are known for indicting people all the time, even if the evidence isn’t all that strong. Take President Trump as an example of that.
I’m sure the DOJ will try and again and secure an indictment. It’s just gonna take a big longer.