DOJ Reveals 'Damning' Evidence Against Letitia James in New Court Filing

The Trump administration’s legal team escalated its case against New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, submitting a sweeping batch of new evidence that paints a devastating picture for the Democrat whose crusade against President Donald Trump has defined her political career.

Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, filed numerous exhibits that — if proven accurate — appear to show James engaged in the very sort of fraud she has long accused others of committing. The documentation lays out a detailed pattern: misleading financial claims, conflicting sworn statements, and behavior entirely inconsistent with her legal obligations.

According to attorney Mike Davis of MRDLaw, one key exhibit included James’ Affidavit of Occupancy for a Norfolk, Virginia property. In that sworn document, James signed a rider pledging that the home would serve as her secondary residence rather than an investment property — a designation that allowed her to secure a lower interest rate.

But evidence already made public indicates that James never lived in the home at all. Instead, she reportedly rented the property to her niece, directly contradicting the conditions she certified in writing.

Another exhibit showed James’ homeowner’s insurance application, in which she claimed the Norfolk residence sat unoccupied for roughly five months each year. That, too, was false. Investigators found her niece living there year-round.

A third application submitted as evidence contained yet another misleading assertion: James claimed the property was occupied by a lone adult with no children. In reality, the home housed four individuals — including what filings describe as the niece and her three children.

Additional court materials laid out Halligan’s legal argument in stark terms.

“Defendant’s actions show she knew the [Norfolk] residence was not a secondary residence, but rather an investment property,” one blurb stated. “Defendant stayed in hotels during visits to Norfolk despite representing that the [Norfolk] residence was her secondary residence.”

The filing continued: “This is because the home was not treated as her secondary home at all. In fact, defendant purchased the [Norfolk] residence for a relative from whom she collected rent while enjoying the financial benefits of a lower mortgage rate.”

In perhaps the most damning comparison, the documents also included evidence that, as Davis noted, “prosecutions are routinely brought in the Eastern District of Virginia for fraud over similar amounts of cash.”

The revelations land just days after James filed a motion to dismiss — and even demanded sanctions against the prosecutors working the case. With Thursday’s filings now on the record, that request may have become significantly more difficult to justify.