Trump Gets BIG Revenge On Letitia James After She’s Busted In Major Crime
New York Attorney General Letitia James, who famously campaigned on holding former President Trump accountable and later filed a controversial "civil lawsuit" against him, is now facing serious allegations herself—this time involving "mortgage fraud."
William Pulte, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), submitted a criminal referral addressed to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. In the letter, Pulte accuses James of having “falsified records” to secure home loans for a property located in Virginia. Despite serving as New York’s top legal official during 2023, James reportedly declared the Virginia house as her “primary residence during that year.”
The alleged misconduct occurred shortly before James initiated her high-profile "civil fraud" trial against Trump, which ultimately led to a judgment of "$454 million" over claims of property value inflation.
According to the letter, reviewed by Fox News and the New York Post, “Ms. James was the sitting Attorney General of New York and is required by law to have her primary residence in the state of New York — even though her mortgage applications list her intent to have the Norfolk, VA, property as her primary home.”
The letter also adds that “Ms. James’ property and mortgage-related misrepresentations may have continued to her recent 2023 Norfolk, VA property purchase,” hinting she may have done so to receive “a lower interest rate and more favorable loan terms.”
Additionally, the letter highlights inconsistencies tied to a Brooklyn property she purchased in 2001. James allegedly “continually misrepresented the same property as only having four units” in various permit and loan applications.
The letter further details past mortgage filings in which James and her father were incorrectly listed as “husband and wife” during home purchases in 1983 and 2000. While these transactions are decades old, Pulte suggests they still raise questions about the overall “veracity of Ms. James’s statements on mortgage applications.”
Published first by White Collar Fraud, the claims suggest James misrepresented details about both her Brooklyn apartment complex and her Virginia residence, potentially to obtain better mortgage terms.
In one instance from August 2023, James granted power of attorney to her relative, Shamice Thompson-Hairston, allowing the relative to approve the purchase of a Virginia property. James ultimately secured a $218,780 mortgage to close the deal.
The loan in question may fall under the federal Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), a program that could have helped her lock in “cheaper payments” and a reduced interest rate—allegedly based on the claim that the property had only four units.
The letter concludes by stating: “Ms. James, for both properties listed above, appears to have falsified records in order to meet certain lending requirements and receive favorable loan terms.”
According to Pulte, these actions may qualify as criminal offenses, including “bank fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and making false representations to a financial institution.”
A professor of law from George Washington University told Laura Ingraham of Fox News that Pulte’s materials were “quite damning.”
“This is a person who prosecuted Trump for everything short of ripping a label off a mattress, and among the charges that were brought in New York, in just the civil but the criminal case, was making false or misleading statements to financial institutions,” Turley said. “As for James, if we apply the Letitia James standard that she created, there’d be little question here. This seems pretty straightforward.”