The ongoing battle between the New York state attorney general and the Trump administration is taking a new twist.
According to court documents, the U.S. Justice Department attempted to add a third mortgage fraud related felony charge against AG Letitia James last week.
As first reported by Politico, this other criminal count would have been another charge against the attorney general in relation to allegedly making false statements to a financial institution.
A federal grand jury in Virginia declined to bring that indictment, which would have included this charge, last week.
A judge threw out the first indictment against James, saying the prosecutor who presented the case was illegally appointed.
The Justice Department has been pushing allegations that James improperly filled out mortgage paperwork for a Viriginia home.
James has denied any wrongdoing.