Gov. Hochul set up $10M taxpayer fund to pay for Letitia James' legal costs related to her mortgage fraud indictment

New York Governor Kathy Hochul slipped in a $10 million dollar slush fund of New Yorkers’ taxpayer dollars to specifically pay for Jame's legal fees.

New York Attorney General Letitia James faces federal charges for alleged mortgage fraud, just as a state budget provision quietly set aside $10 million in taxpayer dollars to cover her legal costs.

Critics, including Republican lawmakers, are blasting the fund as a blatant slush fund engineered by Governor Kathy Hochul to protect her political ally from accountability.