New York AG Letitia James Walks Free After Federal Fraud Case Is Wiped Out⁠ ⁠ Blogged by: poligirlsayswhat⁠ ⁠ A federal judge has dismissed the criminal charges against #NewYork Attorney General #LetitiaJames after ruling that the prosecutor who brought the case was unlawfully appointed. The decision came Monday and immediately voided the high profile indictment that had accused James of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.⁠ ⁠ U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie determined that interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan did not have the legal authority to present the case to a grand jury. Her appointment was deemed invalid, a ruling that automatically undercut the legitimacy of the indictment itself. The judge reached the same conclusion in the related criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey.⁠ ⁠ According to the ruling, the indictment had to be thrown out because Halligan’s appointment violated federal requirements for interim prosecutors....