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Socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani defended Democrat New York Attorney General Letitia James following her grand jury indictment on charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution, calling it a “shameless act of political retribution” from the Trump administration.
“This is not simply an attack on Attorney General Tish James,” Mamdani said Friday during a press conference with local New York leaders speaking out in defense of James. “This is an attack on our city. And each one of us represents different parts of that same city, and we speak with one voice today.”
A grand jury in Virginia indicted James Thursday months after Federal Housing Finance Director Bill Pulte said in a criminal referral to the Department of Justice in April that James allegedly falsified mortgage records to obtain more favorable loans.
Mamdani — a left-wing candidate who has advocated for and backed communist principles, including calling for the seizure of the “means of production” — said he spoke with James after she was indicted Thursday and relayed she was confident she would win the case against her.
LETITIA JAMES’ OWN WORDS COME BACK TO HAUNT HER AFTER FEDERAL BANK FRAUD CHARGES FILED
A grand jury in Virginia indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James Oct. 9, 2025, on charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
“Last night, she told me, ‘Don’t worry about me,'” he said. “And that’s indicative of an attorney general who has spent all of her time worrying about the people of this city. And so I know that the crosshairs the Trump administration is putting the attorney general through is because of the fact that she has had the audacity to stand up to him at a time when so many have bowed.”
“She has also made it clear to myself and many others that she has a full confidence in the legal team around her…
