JUST IN: New York taxpayers could be on the hook for funding New York Attorney General Letitia James’s legal fees after she was referred for federal criminal prosecution for alleged mortgage fraud, according to the New York Post. “New York’s operations budget bill includes specific language that indicates certain state officials could tap into a $10 million fund to cover “any reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred” as part of a Trump administration-led probe tied to their state-based employment,” according to the New York Post. The bill would cover those who “obtained representation by private counsel in response to any request, summons, command, subpoena, warrant, investigative interview or document request, audit or legally compulsive process initiated after January 1, 2025 by the United States government and in which the employee was or is involved as a result of the employee’s New York State employment or duties.”