Attorney General Referred To DOJ For Alleged Mortgage Fraud
Oh, the irony is thicker than a Manhattan snowstorm in February.
In a development that feels like it was ripped from the script of a political thriller, Letitia James—yes, the same Letitia James who’s been locking horns with Donald Trump in courtrooms from the Empire State to kingdom come—has now been referred to the Department of Justice for potentially doing the very thing she prosecuted others for: fraud. Mortgage fraud, to be precise. Let’s break this down because, oh boy, it’s juicy.
So here’s the headline: FHFA Director William Pulte sent a formal referral to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy AG Todd Blanche, asking them to investigate Letitia James for allegedly submitting falsified documents on a 2023 mortgage application for a home in Norfolk, Virginia. This home, by the way, she reportedly called her “principal residence”—a designation that’s super important when you’re applying for favorable mortgage terms backed by the federal government.
Letitia James is about to be indicted for mortgage fraud.
We can now be absolutely certain of four things:
1. She will say that the incorrect information in her mortgage applications were trivial administrative errors that she made only because she was so distracted by her…
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) April 16, 2025
But here’s the catch: James was (and still is) serving as New York’s attorney general during that time, a role that legally requires her primary residence to be in New York. So, was she commuting from Virginia to Albany in a flying car? Doubtful.
But wait, there’s more. The referral doesn’t just stop at the Virginia property. Pulte’s letter says James also submitted paperwork on a Brooklyn building—one she owns—that claims it’s a four-family unit when in fact, it’s a five-family unit. Why would someone do that? Because government-backed loans often have restrictions or cutoffs based on the number of units in a residential building. Fudging the number can be the difference between a yes and a no, or between a higher and lower interest rate.
No one is above the law.
— Tish James (@TishJames) July 29, 2024
And while all of this allegedly went down, she was leading the charge against Donald Trump, accusing him and the Trump Organization of—you guessed it—manipulating property values and misleading banks. Her case led to hundreds of millions in fines. But now, if these allegations hold water, we’re talking about her possibly misleading banks, her misrepresenting property information, and her potentially scoring favorable financial terms under false pretenses.
The timing is what really kicks this into high gear. The Virginia mortgage activity reportedly happened in August 2023—just before she led the Trump fraud trial in the fall. Now, media reports (originally surfaced by White Collar Fraud) suggest that there may be a pattern here, with multiple incidents involving inconsistent or misleading property documents. FHFA’s director wasn’t mincing words in the letter, citing a pattern of potential fraud and calling it serious enough to warrant federal scrutiny.
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— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 16, 2025
James’ office hasn’t made a public comment yet—but rest assured, the political, legal, and media sharks are circling.