New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted on a single count of bank fraud in connection to a mortgage on a residential property in Virginia.
“No one is above the law,” said Lindsey Halligan, the interim US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “The charges as alleged in this case represent intentional, criminal acts and tremendous breaches of the public’s trust. The facts and the law in this case are clear, and we will continue following them to ensure that justice is served.”
In April, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill 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.
However, Halligan’s predecessor Erik Siebert resigned when he refused bring an indictment against James, claiming there was insufficient evidence to bring the case to trial. Trump used his Truth Social channel to publicly demand that Bondi bring an indictment against James.
James, who called the charges “baseless,” is scheduled to make an initial appearance in the federal court in Norfolk, Virginia, on Oct. 24. If convicted, James faces penalties including up to 30 years in prison per count, up to a $1 million fine on each count, and forfeiture.
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
The hypocrit actually committed the crimes she charged trump with.
She should get a $500 million judgment against her.
No One is Above the LAW Letitia… What comes around Goes around, I guess Eh??
These crooked actors who think they can get away with anything after bringing faults Charges against someone who was totally in the innocent. So much for getting Trump…
What the Hell is your problem anyway??
You are some of the scums of this earth… How do you feel now!! You are A Sick Bully who has a personal Vendetta against the President… what the heck did he do to you??? Except catch you being Dishonest… You make me and a bunch of other American’s Sick!
You seem to harbor a lot of anger towards someone who has not yet been convicted of anything. The name calling and personal attacks are typical of a Trump supporter though.
💯! Trump trying to get even.Hes a bully and has done so many criminal acts and been convicted. so here we are…
Fascism up front and in our face
What’s more important is uncovering how housing nepo-baby Pulte ahead of FHFA targeted her mortgage application to distill this info – normally a very private personal set of confidential documents for every individual citizen who ever applied for a mortgage, and how he is rumored to be using this approach with all “targets” out of line with admin’s goals. I’m all for punishing illegal mortgage fraud – but the circumstances are negligible while Pulte’s abuses of access and bias towards activity in his family’s vertical is more than suspect.
This is very easy to prove guys!! Every real estate contract specifies whether it is your primary residence. If she marked both loans as her primary residence IT IS FRAUD!! While you and I can’t see the contracts the banks can. What amazes me is someone, who obviously KNOWS BETTER would risk this. She obviously does NOT think the rules apply to her!! For her to risk her job to save a down payment is laughable!!
This is a case of “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”… While James maliciously, with fabricated techniques and with full intent to harm Mr Trump, won that twisted case…
The time has arrived to witness a case where a true crime may have been committed by Ms James, if found guilty., I hope and expect her to pay for her crime without excuses exactly as She pushed Mr Trump to pay under duress.
Did they really try this in Virginia. What a sham !
What’s good for the gander is good for the goose! To quote Ms. James…”no one is above the law.”
Trump seems to think he is above the law and the Constitution. He knows every trick in the book as was revealed when he FINALLY after many requests provided his income tax returns. This is just a personal vendetta against anyone who does not bow down.
I read the full details of this case against James elsewhere, and it surely appears that she deserves this indictment. She is calling it “baseless”, but that doesn’t make it so. Her campaing platform was to get elected and “go after Trump.” That in itself is criminal, or at the very least highly unprofessional – to declare a person guilty in order to garner votes, before any sort of a fair trial. Now, some on the other side are declaring that Trump is going after her. Nope! Trump is busy negotiating peace all over the globe, fighting run-amok national crime, calling in the markers from all the countries we have been subsidizing, closed the border and built up the military, and all manner of other mammoth multi-tasking items too broad to mention here. It was actually the Federal Housing Finance Agency Director who sent a criminal referral on James. Part of his job is to root out Federal Housing no-no’s, and Mortgage Fraud is a BIG no-no. One word: KARMA. When the pot calls the kettle black, the pot better be squeaky clean. I don’t think she was clean at all.
…AWW, I SEE THIS MUST BE A TRUMP DRIVEN/SUPPORTED SITE AS I ATTEMPTED TO COMMENT ABOUT THE ABSURD POST FROM SUSAN DIFRANCESCO BUT WHEN I CLICKED “REPLY” IT WIPED IT OUT AND SENT AN ERROR MESSAGE “OOPS SOMETHING WENT WRONG”. …UH HUH YEAH THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED!!