New York Attorney General Confronts Federal Financial Fraud Indictment
A federal grand jury has indicted the New York attorney general for bank fraud this past Thursday, according to someone with knowledge of the case.
The US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia personally presented the charges before the judicial panel on Thursday, the person said.
US attorneys do not typically appear before a grand jury.
Halligan was installed as US attorney recently following Donald Trump grew impatient with the pace in ongoing probes involving adversaries.
This step marks a recent strategy to utilize the Department of Justice to punish political rivals.
This occurs 14 days after Halligan secured charges against James Comey.
Experienced attorneys prepared a memo regarding that situation explaining the reasons charges were not warranted.
Comey denied the charges this past Wednesday.
Updates to follow
