Elizabeth Yusi, the Deep State prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) who authored the leaked Letitia James memo, was fired after she allegedly sent case files to her personal email account.
ABC News obtained the memo authored by EDVA senior prosecutor Elizabeth Yusi. Interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan fired Yusi last week.
ABC News selectively leaked the memo to try to discredit the indictment against Letitia James.
New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia earlier this month.
According to the DOJ, Letitia James was charged with two crimes: Bank Fraud under 18 U.S.C. Section 1344 and False Statements to a Financial Institution under 18 U.S.C. Section 1014.
According to portions of the memo leaked to ABC News, the Deep State prosecutors who refused to indict Letitia James claim the evidence they found undercuts Lindsey Halligan’s case.
CNN reported that Yusi was partly fired for sending investigative files on Letitia James to her personal email account.
Yusi was also fired for authoring the leaked memo and for refusing to charge Letitia James, CNN reported.
Yusi’s attorney told CNN that her client never used a personal email account for James’s investigation.
CNN reported:
The Virginia federal prosecutor who resisted bringing mortgage fraud charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James sent investigative files with James’ personally identifying information to her own private email account, according an email reviewed by CNN.
The prosecutor, Beth Yusi, was dismissed earlier this month at least in part because of the mishandling of the personal information, people familiar with her termination said.
Yusi’s attorney Margaret Donovan told CNN that the former prosecutor “has no record of any such email” and “has never used her personal email account for any portion of any investigation.”
“Ms. Yusi is a well-respected prosecutor, a leader among her peers, and a consummate professional with nearly two decades of experience,” Donovan said.
Sharing evidence from an ongoing investigation is typically not a violation of the law if it does not include classified information, but it does violate DOJ policy.
Letitia James was arraigned in a court in Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday. She pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Trial is set for January 26, 2026.