A conservative-aligned watchdog group has filed a bar complaint accusing New York Attorney General Letitia James of professional misconduct tied to her Norfolk, Virginia, mortgage, allegations that were also at the center of her recently dismissed federal charges.

The Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) filed the complaint with the state’s Attorney Grievance Committee, accusing James of engaging in «illegal and dishonest conduct» in connection with the mortgage she took out on the property, according to the New York Post.

According to the complaint and related public statements, the group alleges that James’ actions raise concerns under the state’s Rules of Professional Conduct, the ethical standards that govern lawyers in New York.

«Fraud, misrepresentation, honesty and trustworthiness are all factors that the Rules of Professional Conduct expressly consider when weighing whether to discipline an attorney,» Curtis Schube, the group’s director of research and policy, wrote in the four-page complaint, per the outlet.

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«The Committee, therefore, should immediately investigate the allegations against James and, if by ‘preponderance of the evidence’ the allegations are substantiated, she should be disciplined accordingly.»

A federal judge threw out the indictments against James and former FBI Director James Comey on Monday, finding they were illegitimate because they were brought by an unqualified U.S. attorney.

Judge Cameron Currie dismissed the bank fraud charges against James and the false statements charges against Comey without prejudice, meaning the charges could be brought again.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News’ Martha MacCaullum that the Department of Justice plans to appeal.

«We believe the attorney in this case, Lindsey Halligan, is not only extremely qualified for this position, but she was in fact legally appointed,» Leavitt said. «And I know the Department of Justice will be appealing this in very short order.»

Lindsey Halligan, special assistant to the president, speaks with a reporter outside of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

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Currie, a Clinton appointee based in South Carolina, was brought in from out of state to preside over proceedings about the question of Halligan’s authority because it presented a conflict for the Virginia judges. Comey’s and James’ challenges to Halligan’s appointment were consolidated because of their similarity.

Halligan acted alone in presenting charges to the grand juries shortly after Trump ousted the prior interim U.S. attorney, Erik Siebert, and urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to replace him with Halligan, a former White House aide and insurance lawyer. Bondi complied, but Currie found the interim U.S. attorney term had already expired under Siebert and that the Virginia judges were now responsible for appointing a temporary U.S. attorney to serve until Trump could get one confirmed in the Senate. 

James was indicted on Oct. 9 for allegedly falsifying mortgage documents to secure a $109,600 loan on the property. She was also charged with making false statements to a financial institution.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the Department of Justice plans to appeal the dismissal of the case against James.  (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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James, a second-term Democrat, was accused of claiming the property as her principal residence in 2023 despite being a public office holder in New York at that same time.

She has denied wrongdoing. She previously said she made an error while filling out a form related to the home purchase but fixed it. She noted that she never tried to deceive the lender.

Fox News Digital reached out to both the New York attorney general’s office and CASA, but did not immediately receive a response.

Fox News’ Ashley Oliver and Louis Casiano contributed to this report.

Mucho antes de que términos como calorías, proteínas o vitaminas se popularizaran, los habitantes del Imperio romano diseñaron una teoría de la nutrición sofisticada para su tiempo. Sin acceso a métodos científicos modernos, los romanos crearon un sistema fundamentado en la observación empírica y en la teoría de los humores, influyendo tanto en su alimentación como en la percepción de la salud y la personalidad. Aunque este enfoque difiere de los principios científicos actuales, revela paralelismos notables con conceptos contemporáneos sobre nutrición.

En el corazón de la nutrición romana existía la convicción de que los alimentos, tras ser ingeridos y digeridos, se convertían en sangre, considerada el elemento esencial del organismo.

La Dra. Claire Bubb, profesora adjunta de estudios sobre el mundo antiguo, explica en History Extra que la comida se transformaba en sangre, y esta, a su vez, alimentaba las partes del cuerpo donde era requerida: “El componente básico del organismo”.

Así, quienes utilizaban más sus músculos dirigían hacia ellos la sangre necesaria para su desarrollo. Esta perspectiva, aunque lejana de la fisiología moderna, reflejaba una comprensión intuitiva de la conexión entre alimentación y bienestar físico.

A diferencia de la ciencia actual, que clasifica los alimentos según su composición química, los romanos agrupaban los productos por sus cualidades percibidas: calor, frío, humedad y sequedad. Estas características, determinadas por sabor y textura, se vinculaban a efectos específicos en el organismo. Por ejemplo, los pepinos se consideraban fríos y húmedos, mientras que el pan y la carne asada eran vistos como secos y calientes.

En tanto, los alimentos de sabor fuerte, como la cebolla, el ajo o la rúcula, se catalogaban como picantes. A algunos se le atribuían la capacidad de fortalecer el cuerpo o aportar “jugos saludables”, anticipando de forma empírica la noción moderna de nutrientes.

La Dra. Bubb resalta la existencia de ideas equivalentes en el pensamiento romano, expresadas con terminología propia, que observaban realidades similares a las de hoy pero desde una teoría alternativa sobre el funcionamiento de los alimentos y la nutrición. Si bien no utilizaban el concepto de proteínas, reconocían que algunas comidas contribuían al desarrollo muscular.

La teoría de los humores imperaba tanto en la medicina como en la alimentación en la antigua Roma. Según este enfoque, el cuerpo humano se regía por cuatro fluidos: sangre, flema, bilis amarilla y bilis negra, cada uno vinculado a un elemento natural.

El equilibrio o desequilibrio de estos humores determinaba no solo la salud física, sino la personalidad y las emociones. Un exceso de sangre, por ejemplo, se asociaba al carácter alegre, mientras que demasiada bilis negra se vinculaba a la melancolía.

Este sistema también influía en las recomendaciones sobre la alimentación. Se consideraba que las enfermedades surgían de desequilibrios entre cualidades opuestas. Así, una persona que padecía una dolencia “caliente y seca” debía consumir alimentos “fríos y húmedos”.

La dieta variaba según la edad, la estación del año y la salud. Los niños y atletas requerían mayor calor y nutrición, mientras que a los ancianos, percibidos como más fríos, se les aconsejaba menos alimento.

Estas creencias trascendían la mesa y permeaban la vida cotidiana romana. La alimentación reflejaba la constitución física, la personalidad y la posición social de cada individuo. La distribución pública de alimentos como el pan tenía un papel central en la vida urbana, y la elección de ingredientes respondía tanto a criterios de salud como a la búsqueda de equilibrio humoral.

Asimismo, la Dra. Bubb destaca el carácter empírico de este sistema: era “una manera de observar cómo funcionaba la salud y el cuerpo” a partir de la experiencia directa. Los romanos notaban los efectos de la comida en su cuerpo y ajustaban su dieta, aunque carecían de herramientas científicas para analizar la composición de los alimentos.

“Lo genial es lo intuitivo que es. Puedes entender que si comes demasiado, te sientes lleno y un poco asqueroso al día siguiente”, explicó la experta.

Hoy, muchas explicaciones romanas resultan extrañas: pensar que los alimentos contienen pequeñas partículas de fuego parece absurdo, aunque actualmente se hable de calorías y de transformación de los alimentos en energía. Al carecer de microscopios y laboratorios, los romanos dependían de la observación directa y del análisis de efectos visibles para fundamentar su nutrición.

A pesar de las limitaciones de su marco teórico, el enfoque integral romano, que vinculaba alimentación, salud, bienestar y constitución física, anticipa ciertas posturas holísticas de la nutrición contemporánea. La conexión entre dieta, personalidad y entorno evidencia una percepción de las interrelaciones entre los diferentes aspectos de la existencia humana.

Considerar la alimentación dentro de un sistema que abarca salud, bienestar y constitución física demuestra una visión que, aunque nacida en la antigüedad, resuena con la concepción moderna de la nutrición como un fenómeno complejo e interconectado.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., remained silent Friday when asked about previous statements she made suggesting that government officials should be prepared to push back on President Donald Trump if he ordered the military to fire on civilians.

Slotkin and other Democrats now face a reversal of those worries as the country reels from a shooting Wednesday that left one National Guard member dead and another in critical condition in Washington. 

Her office did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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Slotkin’s alarm about the National Guard and other federal troops originally stemmed from comments Trump allegedly made to former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper during Trump’s first term.

«The president in the last administration asked then-secretary (Mark) Esper to send in the 82 Airborne into Washington, D.C. to try to quell peaceful protests here in the city. And he said, if necessary, can’t you just ‘shoot at their legs?’» Slotkin said during a January committee hearing. 

Esper recorded those quotes as part of the administration’s considerations of how to respond to protests over the death of George Floyd. Floyd’s 2020 killing by a Minneapolis police officer sparked nationwide protests and ignited the Black Lives Matter movement. 

The quotes were included in Esper’s book, «A Sacred Oath,» a highly critical memoir of the first Trump administration.

Trump has denied ever making the statement.

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The alarm about the National Guard and other federal troops originally stemmed from comments President Donald Trump allegedly made to former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper during his first term. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press )

The statements Trump allegedly made to Esper — and other questions about Trump’s use of federal troops — prompted Slotkin and six other Democrat lawmakers to release a video earlier in November, calling for service members to «not give up the ship.» In it, they urged members of the military and intelligence community to disregard illegal orders.

«The threats to our Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad but from right here at home,» the lawmakers said in the video. «Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution.» 

When asked what they meant by illegal acts, several lawmakers pointed to Trump’s comments about shooting protesters in the legs, an act that they said would go against the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 

Besides Slotkin, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo.; Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa.; Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa.; and Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H., also appeared in the video. 

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A group of Democratic lawmakers with military and intelligence backgrounds, including Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich.; Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa.; Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H.; Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa.; and Rep. Jason Crow, Colo., released a video directed at service members and intelligence officers stating, «Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders.» (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images; Mark Kelly; Elissa Slotkin; Congress)

Wednesday’s shooter’s motives remain unclear. 

The FBI has identified him as 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a former member of a counterterrorism team in Afghanistan. He is in custody and faces first-degree murder charges.

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The bureau has described his attack as targeted and is investigating it as an act of terrorism.