Federal prosecutors have launched an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose office aggressively pursued high-profile civil actions against President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association (NRA), and sources are reporting that a grand jury investigation is underway in Albany.

NBC News, quoting three sources familiar with the matter, reports Friday that the Department of Justice is in the early stages of an investigation focusing on whether the Democrat attorney general’s office may have violated constitutional protections under the “color of law,” a legal term that describes abuses of power by government officials.

The investigators are probing whether James’ lawsuits against the president, his business empire and the NRA deprived them of their legal rights. 

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