Grand Jury Declines Latest Attempt to Indict Letitia James

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The Justice Department’s effort to prosecute New York Attorney General Letitia James lost momentum Thursday after a grand jury declined to indict the Democratic critic of President Trump for the second time in a week.

Prosecutors failed to persuade a grand jury in Alexandria, Va., to approve charges against James alleging that she misstated the intended use of a property in Norfolk, Va., on official documents to obtain more-favorable terms, according to people familiar with the matter.