New York Attorney General Letitia James has asked a federal judge to dismiss bank fraud charges against her, arguing that the prosecutor who brought and signed the indictment was unlawfully appointed and lacked authority to pursue the case.
The motion, filed in federal court Friday, contends that the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia violated federal statute and the Constitution, and therefore the indictment must be thrown out.
