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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Oct 16, 2025, 02:38 PM Oct 2025

Trump May Have Given Letitia James Ammo in Court

President Donald Trump made no secret of the fact that he wanted New York Attorney General Letitia James prosecuted for something, and he got his wish last week when a federal grand jury in Virginia indicted her on charges related to alleged mortgage fraud.

Trump critics ripped the president’s apparently successfulpressure campaign against the Justice Department to bring the case, but that doesn’t make the indictment any less real for James.

So, how will she defend herself against the charges or try to find a way to get them dismissed?

Benjamin Klubes has some ideas. A longtime financial services attorney, he spent three years as a top lawyer at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, including as acting general counsel until he stepped down in January 2025. Today he leads his own firm, Klubes Law Group.

In an interview with POLITICO Magazine, Klubes said if he were defending James, he would lay out the potential lack of proof of any fraudulent intent as well as the notion that James faced “selective or vindictive prosecution” for previously tangling with Trump.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/1-top-lawyer-defend-letitia-090000591.html

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Trump May Have Given Letitia James Ammo in Court (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2025 OP
What about the so-called U.S. Attorney's illegal appointment? rzemanfl Oct 2025 #1

rzemanfl

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1. What about the so-called U.S. Attorney's illegal appointment?
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 02:53 PM
Oct 2025

Where was the fraud and what purpose did it supposedly serve? This is a bullshit case brought to divert attention from Epstein and the shutdown.

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