Newly discovered documents alluding to the residence of New York Attorney General Letitia James could have potential legal ramifications, legal experts tell Newsweek.

Newsweek reached out to James' office, New York Governor Kathy Hochul's office, and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for comment.

Why It Matters

James, 66, has served as New York's attorney general since 2019. The Democrat is the first African American and first woman to be elected to that position in state history.

Less than a day after the Supreme Court said the Trump administration had to “facilitate” the return of a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, the case appeared headed for even murkier waters.

The federal judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador in error, slammed the government's handling of the case Friday and ordered the Justice Department to provide her with "daily updates" on its efforts to bring him back.

"From now until compliance, [I am] going to require daily statuses, daily updates," U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said at a hearing in Maryland on Friday. "We're going to make a record of what, if anything, the government is doing or not doing."

A judge on Wednesday dismissed the corruption indictment against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. 

U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho of the Southern District of New York dismissed the case against Adams with prejudice, meaning it can't be brought back again. 

A federal judge has permanently dismissed the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, weeks after the Trump administration directed prosecutors to drop the corruption charges.

A judge on Wednesday dismissed corruption charges against Eric Adams, ending the first criminal case against a New York City mayor in modern history and underscoring how President Trump’s Justice Department is using prosecutorial power to advance his agenda.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday she is directing prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the young man suspected of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December.

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday said she had ordered federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, who is charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City in December.

“Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America,” Bondi said in a statement issued by the Department of Justice.