ALBANY, NY – MAY 21: State Legal professional Normal Letitia James throughout a press convention on Wednesday, Could 21, 2025, on the Capitol in Albany, NY.
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A federal grand jury in Virginia has indicted New York State legal professional common Letitia James in reference to allegations of mortgage fraud, the newest occasion of the Justice Division pursuing the prosecution of President Donald Trump’s political enemies. James was indicted on two counts: financial institution fraud and making false statements to a monetary establishment.
The indictment comes on the course of Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. Legal professional for the Jap District of Virginia, who was appointed after her predecessor, Erik Siebert, resigned beneath stress for declining to pursue prices towards James and former FBI director James Comey. Comey was indicted late final month on allegations of creating false statements to Congress, prices he denies.
James addressed the costs in a video assertion shared to social media, denouncing the indictment as a “continuation of the president’s determined weaponization of our justice system.”
“I’m a proud girl of religion, and I do know that religion and concern can not share the identical house. And so right now I’m not fearful, I’m fearless, and as my religion teaches me, no weapon fashioned towards me shall prosper. We’ll combat these baseless prices aggressively, and my workplace will proceed to fiercely defend New Yorkers and their rights. And I’ll proceed to do my job,” she stated.
In April, Federal Housing Finance Company director Invoice Pulte made a legal referral towards James to the Justice Division, accusing the legal professional common of committing mortgage fraud in reference to a Virginia house, citing media experiences. Within the referral, Pulte alleges that James bought a house in Norfolk, Virginia, in 2023 and listed it as her main residence regardless of her position as a New York authorities official.
“Ms. James, for each properties listed above, seems to have falsified information to be able to meet sure lending necessities and obtain favorable mortgage phrases,” Pulte wrote in a letter to U.S. legal professional common Pam Bondi and deputy legal professional common Todd Blanche.
James’s legal professional, Abbe Lowell, rejected the allegations in a letter to the Justice Division, saying his consumer had assisted her niece with the acquisition of the Virginia house. Lowell stated Pulte “cherry-picked” a kind that “mistakenly acknowledged the property to be Ms. James’ principal residence” whereas ignoring a press release James despatched to the mortgage dealer weeks earlier that acknowledged she wouldn’t be dwelling on the property. “If Ms. James’ declaration in her mortgage software from the time of the acquisition was not sufficient, I hope this letter (and its reveals) put this stale declare to relaxation,” Lowell wrote.
Trump has lengthy railed towards James, who led a profitable civil fraud case towards him and the Trump Group final yr, denouncing her as “corrupt.” Final month, the president issued a public course to Bondi on Fact Social to hunt prices towards James and Comey. “Pam: I’ve reviewed over 30 statements and posts saying that, primarily, ‘usual story as final time, all speak, no motion. Nothing is being finished. What about Comey, Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, Leticia??? They’re all responsible as hell, however nothing goes to be finished,” he wrote. “We are able to’t delay any longer, it’s killing our status and credibility. They impeached me twice, and indicted me (5 instances!), OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!”
