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Trump news at a glance: Schumer says justice department has become a ‘personal attack dog’ after Letitia James indicted

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday
President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday. Photograph: Samuel Corum/EPA

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has accused Donald Trump and his administration of turning the Department of Justice into “personal attack dogs against their political enemies”, after New York attorney general Letitia James was indicted for fraud in Virginia.

Calling the move “outrageous”, Schumer was among those labelling the move as Trump’s latest effort to weaponize the department to punish political rivals.

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