New York AG Letitia James indicted for fraud
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New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a fraud charge, the second prominent adversary of President Trump to face criminal charges after he vowed to seek retribution against his perceived enemies.
The indictment came in the Eastern District of Virginia following an investigation into allegations of mortgage fraud, according to the Associated Press, who cited an anonymous source.
James landed in Trump's crossfire after taking on his business empire for civil fraud.
She won a nearly $500 million judgment against him, after a judge found Trump and other defendants inflated his net worth for tax and insurance benefits, putting the president's billionaire status and company at risk.
The allegations against James originated with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), whose director, Bill Pulte, filed a criminal referral against her in April.
He alleged that she claimed a Virginia home as her primary residence while holding public office in New York and residing there.
"At the time of the 2023 Norfolk, VA property purchase and mortgage, Ms. James was the siting 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 criminal referral said.
"It appears Ms. James' property and mortgage-related misrepresentations may have continued to her recent 2023 Norfolk, VA property purchase in order to secure a lower interest rate and more favorable loan terms," it continued.
Pulte filed similar criminal referrals against Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook.
In Cook's case, Trump used the referral as cause for her removal, which she has challenged up to the Supreme Court. Arguments over the matter are scheduled for January.
The charge comes just two weeks after former FBI Director James Comey, another longtime Trump foe, was indicted on two felony counts stemming from congressional testimony he gave in 2020.
Comey made his first court appearance Wednesday in Alexandria, Va., where he entered a not guilty plea through his attorney and a trial was set for Jan. 5. However, Comey's attorney signaled that several defense motions will seek to kill the prosecution before then.
The Associated Press contributed.
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Nobody is above the law.
I wonder if the President will do as she did and attend the trial while staring at the defendant?
It really is hilarious that this is what Republicans are hanging their hat on. An AG who apparently had a second home that later she decided to rent out even though the loan was for a second home. If you'd given that explanation when indicting Trump his sycophants would have yawned and said its nothing but a malicious prosecution. Oh, wait, we don't even have to assume that, that's EXACTLY what they did when even worse violations of the Trump businesses and tax evasion schemes were exposed. The hypocrisy is thick today in the MAGAverse.
It really is precious to see all these hypocrites lining up to cheer the obvious political retaliation against Trumps enemies. His accidental tweet to Bondi clearly showed he has an enemies list and these prosecutions are nothing but vindictive attempts at retribution, not actually an attempt to follow the law. They are in fact ILLEGAL and will be seen as such as they go through the courts. But you dumb fuck conservatives dancing in joy are as hilarious as the belief that any of these spurious indictments will stick.
CORRECT and Donald Trump looked at that and said that is an interesting precedent, I think I'll use it.
It really is precious to see all these hypocrites lining up to cheer the obvious political retaliation against Trumps enemies.
I guess the left shouldn't have set all these precedents.
Fear not, anything that goes before a DC or NYC jury will have any evidence contained within ignored and the entire case will be tossed out.
As a wise woman said,
That truly was a wise woman.
Much different from the karens who call themselves feminists.
I'm sorry, but if you prosecute somebody in the most public way possible for an "offense" that you know you are committing yourself, how fucking stupid are you? Is there some sort of measurement for this?
It seems like we need astronomical measurements or something. Parsecs, maybe? Light years just doesn't seem to be enough.
I think she simply thought she would get away with it.
Don't forget, all the lawfare was supposed to destroy his candidacy.
They thought the American people that gullible.
That would support the "galactic leve stupidity" theory, so I guess it checks out.
Huge numbers of them are.
They have a chance to redeem themselves. Let's see what they have learned in the coming elections in NJ and Virginia.
Well, nobody claimed she was smart.
Perhaps smarter than the indoctrinated swine that voted for her.
She played them all and most still haven't realized yet.
The irony. Trump is the demagogue. Trump is the one who continues with a successful grand con.
Why deflect? Vic and I were discussing the topic - Letitia James.
I loved her response. It was a polite way of saying "Let's tango, Bitch."
She kept her promise to them. She looked for anything to hang on Trump and she found something close.