New York Attorney General Faces Federal Bank Fraud Charges

A national judicial panel has charged the New York attorney general over allegations of bank fraud this past Thursday, per a person familiar with the matter.

The US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia handled the presentation of this case to the grand jury this Thursday, according to the source.

US attorneys do not typically present to a grand jury.

Halligan was appointed in the role the previous month after the president became frustrated over the speed of investigations against his rivals.

This step marks a recent strategy to weaponize federal justice authorities to punish opponents.

This occurs two weeks after charges were filed against James Comey.

Career prosecutors wrote a document regarding that situation explaining why charges lacked merit.

Comey denied the charges recently.

Updates to follow