From ALAB News
On Friday, November 28, 2025, the New York Post reported that New York Attorney General Letitia James is facing a bar complaint filed by the Center to Advance Security in America, a right-leaning organization. This action follows a recent ruling where a judge dismissed federal mortgage fraud charges against James.
The Center’s complaint, submitted to the Attorney Grievance Committee for Manhattan and the Bronx, urges an investigation into James’s conduct related to the criminal charges. Curtis Schube, the Center’s director of research and policy, emphasized in the complaint that the Rules of Professional Conduct consider factors like fraud, misrepresentation, honesty, and trustworthiness when evaluating disciplinary actions against attorneys. The complaint requests an immediate investigation and appropriate disciplinary measures if the allegations are substantiated by a “preponderance of the evidence.”
The dismissed federal charges, which included bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution, were initially brought against James in the Eastern District of Virginia. Senior US District Judge Cameron Currie, appointed by former President Bill Clinton in 1994, ruled that Lindsey Halligan, serving as a special attorney in the US attorney’s office for that district, lacked the necessary authority to secure the indictment, as she had not been confirmed by Congress or an appropriate judicial panel.