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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Michael R. Sisak

Trump weaponization czar urged New York Attorney General James to resign over mortgage probe

Trump-Letitia James - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

President Donald Trump’s political weaponization czar sent a letter urging New York Attorney General Letitia James to resign from office “as an act of good faith” four days after starting his mortgage fraud investigation of her. Then he showed up outside her house.

Ed Martin, the director of the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group, told James’ lawyer on Aug. 12 the Democrat would best serve the “good of the state and nation” by resigning and ending his probe into alleged paperwork discrepancies on her Brooklyn townhouse and a Virginia home.

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