More than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system.

He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding, all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General.

That's Letitia James, responding to her indictment on bank fraud charges.

Comes two weeks after the Justice Department brought charges against former FBI director James Comey.

The question now is, are the charges legitimate here or just more political retribution?

Plus, a judge issued a temporary ruling against the Trump administration's

deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago. The question is, will the administration follow

that order? Also ahead, we'll bring you the latest from Capitol Hill on the government shutdown,

where the question is, what happens when federal workers don't receive their paychecks next week?

They're already feeling the pain. It's way too

early for this.

Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that's closely monitoring the events in the

Middle East this morning, and we're going to bring you those developments in just a bit.

I'm Ali Vitale on this Friday, October 10th, and we'll start with the news here at home.

A grand jury in Virginia has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on bank fraud charges,

following intense pressure from President Trump to have prosecutors bring that case.

According to the indictment,

James was charged with bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution. The charges

were presented by acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Lindsay Halligan.

You've heard her name a lot lately. It's because she also secured an indictment of former FBI

director James Comey just two weeks ago. Haligan was Trump's handpicked choice to replace the previous head of that office,

who resigned after the president threatened to fire him for resisting pressure to charge both of

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