A coalition of 21 Democratic state attorneys general have issued a public letter condemning the US Department of Justice (DOJ) probe of New York State Attorney General Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud, claiming it is an act of political retribution by the Trump administration.
In April, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte sent a criminal referral to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney Todd Blanche that claimed James “falsified records” to obtain loans on a Virginia property that she listed as her “principal residence” in August 2023. This occurred weeks before she litigated a civil fraud trial that resulted in a $454 million judgment against Trump and the Trump Organization. Pulte’s referral also pointed out that James purchased a five-family dwelling in Brooklyn in 2001 but has “consistently misrepresented the same property as only having four units in both building permit applications and numerous mortgage documents and applications.” He provided additional documents showing James purchased another property with her father as a co-signer that falsely listed the buyers as “husband and wife” in 1983 and 2000.
In their letter, the attorneys general wrote, “As lawyers, public servants, and defenders of the rule of law, we are deeply alarmed by the efforts of the US Department of Justice to engage the machinery of criminal law enforcement in a campaign of intimidation against New York Attorney General Letitia James.”
The letter added the DOJ was “pursuing a pattern of harassment and intimidation against AG James in retaliation for her having pursued legitimate claims of financial fraud against President Trump and his business organization under New York state law. A state attorney general has an undeniable ethical duty and professional responsibility to seek justice, even when it involves bringing claims against the powerful.”
The attorneys general also questioned the behavior of Ed Martin, who is leading the investigation as the director of the department’s newly formed Weaponization Working Group.
“Upon being named to lead the investigation, Mr. Martin publicly vowed that he would ‘stick the landing,’ suggesting a preordained outcome,” the letter continued. “Last week, Mr. Martin dashed off a crude letter to AG James’s personal attorney suggesting AG James should resign from office ‘as an act of good faith.’ A few days later, he appeared at the doorstep of AG James’s home in Brooklyn, New York, posing for press photographs. Mr. Martin’s antics and actions amount more to those of a showman than to those of a representative of the United States government charged with ensuring that impartiality, integrity, and fairness are the cornerstones of criminal investigation and enforcement.”
The letter was signed by the attorneys general for Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin.
iS SHE GUILTY OF FRTAUD OF COURSE SHE IS ALL DEMCRATS ARE CROOKSTHEY DESTROYED OUR COUNTRY LAST REGIUM
The question is whether she is guilty of the accusations? If so, she must be treated like anyone under the letter of the law.
Huge shock here, 100% of them are Democratic AGs.
These AGs are just afraid they’ll be caught next.
Why didn’t the headline include Democratic? We all knew it before reading the article.
IF… she’s guilty then she should face the same consequences as POTUS has for his crimes and J6 insurrectionists. No different This is just another distraction from his years of involvement with the Epstein crimes. This DOJ has been weaponized against our citizens. Not at the whims of revenge. Pay attention!
Doctor Jill served as our President four years. We didn’t know it then, but we all know it now. Why didn’t Doctor Jill release the Epstein files while She was President? If there had been anything in those files to divert our eyes away from Joe’s mental decline it would have been used.
Oh please. There is no proof of your claim of Dr. Jill Biden acting as president. We’re in the here and now and these victims need justice regardless of who is on that list. Trump, Bill or whomever. Believe the victims. And yes a list does exist.
A PERSON DOES NOT ACCIDENTLY CLAIM A HOME AS ONE’S PRIMARY RESIDENCE WHEN IT IS NOT.
In so doing, she gets a better loan – higher loan to value ratio and lower interest
rate and lower costs. Otherwise, the home is considered an investment property or secondary residence.
She is a Judge, and she knows the law (obviously – as she had scoured the law against President Trump).
She should be disbarred for her lack ethics. As a judge she is held to the highest of standards.
I didn’t notice one, not even one, of these 21 attorneys argue or as much as suggest that she is “Innocent”. That would be an argument. The defense seems to be she is a democrat so be quite and look the other way.
Wow! Isn’t this rich? Where was the indignation when Ms James antics and actions amounted more to those of a showman than to those of a representative of the New York government? Wasn’t she charged with ensuring that impartiality, integrity, and fairness are the cornerstones of criminal investigation and enforcement?
When you sign a loan document you are swearing that information is true and correct to the best of your knowledge. Also, it says it is under penalty of law to lie on an application… If she in fact did so she has violated numerous federal laws and committed Bank Fraud. This is a felony and punishable by federal incarceration at worst, loss of voting rights may be a penalty also. She knew what she was doing if it is a pattern of repeated events. As a practicing real estate appraisal and brokerage consultant I know the seriousness of her crime. During the 1980″s many borrowers from Banks and Savings and Loans went to federal prison for similar acts. If convicted, she can face disbarment and should be stripped of her office and fined. Moral is.. Don’t Lie on a loan application, maybe just don’t lie about anything anymore either…
If anyone else did what she did they’d be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. She is guilty of mortgage fraud. This is more lawfare being displayed; cheaters gotta cheat, liars gotta lie. She’s as corrupt as they come & she’s got her base coming to her rescue – all of them are exposing themselves as cheaters.
What is good for the Democratic party is also good for the Republican party. The Democrats started this and the republicans are just following their lead.