Image Credit: Pacific Press/LightRocket via Ge Letitia "Tish" James has long been a prominent name in New York politics as the first woman and first Black person elected as the state's Attorney General. But lately, she's made headlines not just for legal battles, but for looming legal trouble of her own. On October 9, 2025, she was indicted by a federal grand jury in Virginia on charges of bank fraud and making false statements related to a 2020 mortgage transaction.