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Report: DOJ and FBI Probing Pulte for Possible Misconduct in Mortgage Fraud Referrals

Report: DOJ and FBI Probing Pulte for Possible Misconduct in Mortgage Fraud Referrals

by Phil Hall | Nov 20, 2025 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI have opened a probe into Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte for potential misconduct in the criminal investigations of President Trump’s political enemies. ABC News, citing input from unnamed “sources...
Report: Prosecutor Warns Mortgage Fraud Case Against Sen. Schiff Lacks Viable Evidence

Report: Prosecutor Warns Mortgage Fraud Case Against Sen. Schiff Lacks Viable Evidence

by Phil Hall | Oct 27, 2025 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A news report is claiming the Trump administration’s attempt to bring a mortgage fraud indictment against one of its most vocal critics, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), has stalled due to a perceived lack of viable evidence needed to bring the case to trial. MSNBC, sourcing...
Report: DOJ to Press Ahead with Letitia James Mortgage Fraud Case

Report: DOJ to Press Ahead with Letitia James Mortgage Fraud Case

by Phil Hall | Sep 24, 2025 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has acquiesced to President Trump’s demands that mortgage fraud investigation of New York Attorney General Letitia James move forward. According to a Bloomberg report sourced from unnamed “people familiar with the matter,” the case is...
Report: Prosecutors Balking at Trump-Pulte Demands to Indict Letitia James for Mortgage Fraud

Report: Prosecutors Balking at Trump-Pulte Demands to Indict Letitia James for Mortgage Fraud

by Phil Hall | Sep 19, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Trump administration is putting pressure on federal prosecutors in Virginia to proceed with a mortgage fraud case against New York Attorney General Letitia Grant, but the prosecutors are pushing by citing a lack of sufficient evidence to proceed with the case....
21 State Attorneys General Blast Mortgage Fraud Probe of Letitia James as ‘Harassment and Intimidation’

21 State Attorneys General Blast Mortgage Fraud Probe of Letitia James as ‘Harassment and Intimidation’

by Phil Hall | Aug 26, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

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...

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