The Justice Department has subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of an investigation and burgeoning grand jury inquiry into whether her office violated the rights of President Donald Trump during her prosecution of his high-profile civil fraud case,

One of the two subpoenas sent to Ms. James, New York’s attorney general, relates to the civil fraud case she won against President Trump, which led to a half-billion-dollar penalty.

James prosecuted the president and his companies, winning millions in fines linked to fraud allegations. Her attorney called the probe a "desperate example of the president's campaign of retribution."