James was indicted by a federal grand jury on two charges stemming from mortgage fraud allegations.
She faces counts of bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution, according to an indictment filed Thursday in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Lindsey Halligan, the interim U.S. attorney for the district, was the only prosecutor on the docket as of Thursday.
“No one is above the law. The charges as alleged in this case represent intentional, criminal acts and tremendous breaches of the public’s trust,” Halligan said in a statement. “The facts and the law in this case are clear, and we will continue following them to ensure that justice is served.”
In a statement, James called the charges a “continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system,” claiming Trump is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding because she “did her job” as New York’s top prosecutor.
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