New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted on bank fraud charges after President Trump pressured the DOJ to investigate her. Lindsey Halligan, a former insurance lawyer, was recently assigned to the case.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and other senior leadership of the Justice Department were caught off guard Thursday by news that the Trump-installed U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia had presented to a grand jury seeking an indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to charges brought by President Trump's Justice Department in a Virginia federal court Wednesday, multiple outlets reported. The big picture: Trump exerted public pressure on his attorney general to bring charges against Comey in a breach of precedent that could mark the start of his push for legal retribution against his political foes.