Second grand jury refuses to indict Letitia James

Published December 11, 2025 4:50pm ET



A second federal grand jury declined to bring mortgage fraud charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to a statement from her attorney, marking another setback for the Justice Department‘s effort to revive a collapsed prosecution against one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent political adversaries.

James’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said Thursday that prosecutors again failed to secure an indictment just one week after a different grand jury declined to bring charges, calling the outcome an unprecedented rejection of what he described as a politically motivated case.

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