A top prosecutor in Virginia is outright refusing to back down against “intense pressure from President Donald Trump” to file criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James. Elizabeth Yusi, who oversees major criminal prosecutions in the Norfolk office of the Eastern District of Virginia, has informed her colleagues that she plans to decline to seek charges against James.
Yusi has been crystal clear with co-workers, confiding that she simply sees “no probable cause to believe James engaged in mortgage fraud,” according to sources familiar with her internal discussions. If you’ve been following the news, you know that this kind of resistance comes with a serious risk.
