Jonathan Turley, a legal expert on Fox News and a law professor at George Washington University, was shocked by a letter from a Trump Administration official referring New York Attorney General Letitia James to the Department of Justice for possible criminal charges. He described the accusations as “damning” and “pretty straightforward.”
William Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), made the criminal referral after outlining the accusations in a letter to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Attorney General Pam Bondi. According to the letter, which was examined by the New York Post and Fox News, James “falsified records” in order to obtain home loans for a Virginia property. Despite being New York’s attorney general, James had designated the property as her “principal residence” in 2023.
The letter also disclosed that James had previously bought a house in Brooklyn in 2001, but that he had “repeatedly misrepresented the same property as having four units in both building permit applications and numerous mortgage documents and applications,” according to the letter. James might have been eligible for a reduced mortgage rate and reduced Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) payments as a result.
Pulte noted, “Ms. James appears to have falsified records for both properties listed above in order to meet certain lending requirements and receive favorable loan terms.”
Only a few weeks before James started her civil lawsuit, the alleged criminal incident took place.
A $454 million judgment was the outcome of a fraud trial against the Trump Administration, which was charged with undervaluing many properties.
Turley responded to the shocking article shortly after it was released by telling Laura Ingraham of Fox News that, considering the situation, the accusations were “perfectly crushing.”
Of course, the irony is really devastating. This individual brought charges against Trump for anything less than tearing a mattress’s label off. Making false or misleading claims to financial institutions was one of the charges that were presented in New York, both in the civil and criminal cases, he added.
Additionally, Section 1014 of the Federal Code is one of these sections that is prosecuted. Finding instances that the Department of Justice pursued against persons who made false claims that property was their primary residence in order to obtain loans took me around 60 seconds of searching. Thus, the Justice Department is familiar with this sector.
Turley continued by saying that there would be “little question” about whether she should be charged with a crime if the criteria James established was to target Trump, as she ran on. He remarked, “This seems fairly straightforward.”
According to records Pulte included in the letter, James bought another property with her father as a co-signer, but in 1983 and 2000, the couple was mistakenly classified as “husband and wife.” He stated that even though this occurred a long time ago, it raises major questions regarding the veracity of Ms. James’s statements on mortgage applications.
Turley clarified that this seems to point to a pattern of James’s “misleading” remarks. “There are a lot of those inquiries. As you are aware, the Supreme Court just said in the Thompson case earlier in March that they want to see knowing false statements—rather than just misleading statements—under sections like 1014. “These are false claims,” Turley went on.
“It is either your primary residence or it is not.” Either your father is your father or you are married to him. In order for them to truly meet the Thompson standard,
Jonathan Turley, a legal expert on Fox News and a law professor at George Washington University, was shocked by a letter from a Trump Administration official referring New York Attorney General Letitia James to the Department of Justice for possible criminal charges. He described the accusations as “damning” and “pretty straightforward.”
William Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), made the criminal referral after outlining the accusations in a letter to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Attorney General Pam Bondi. According to the letter, which was examined by the New York Post and Fox News, James “falsified records” in order to obtain home loans for a Virginia property. Despite being New York’s attorney general, James had designated the property as her “principal residence” in 2023.
The letter also disclosed that James had previously bought a house in Brooklyn in 2001, but that he had “repeatedly misrepresented the same property as having four units in both building permit applications and numerous mortgage documents and applications,” according to the letter. James might have been eligible for a reduced mortgage rate and reduced Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) payments as a result.
Pulte noted, “Ms. James appears to have falsified records for both properties listed above in order to meet certain lending requirements and receive favorable loan terms.”
A few weeks before to James’s civil fraud trial against the Trump Administration, which was accused of undervaluing several properties and resulting in a $454 million judgment, the alleged criminal crime took place.
November 3, 2022, New York, N.Y.: Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, speaks at a campaign rally held at Barnard College in New York City.
Turley responded to the shocking article shortly after it was released by telling Laura Ingraham of Fox News that, considering the situation, the accusations were “perfectly crushing.”
Of course, the irony is really devastating. This individual brought charges against Trump for anything less than tearing a mattress’s label off. Making false or misleading claims to financial institutions was one of the charges that were presented in New York, both in the civil and criminal cases, he added.
Additionally, Section 1014 of the Federal Code is one of these sections that is prosecuted. Finding instances that the Department of Justice pursued against persons who made false claims that property was their primary residence in order to obtain loans took me around 60 seconds of searching. Thus, the Justice Department is familiar with this sector.
Turley continued by saying that there would be “little question” about whether she should be charged with a crime if the criteria James established was to target Trump, as she ran on. He remarked, “This seems fairly straightforward.”
According to records Pulte included in the letter, James bought another property with her father as a co-signer, but in 1983 and 2000, the couple was mistakenly classified as “husband and wife.” He stated that even though this occurred a long time ago, it raises major questions regarding the veracity of Ms. James’s statements on mortgage applications.
Turley clarified that this seems to point to a pattern of James’s “misleading” remarks. “There are a lot of those inquiries. As you are aware, the Supreme Court just said in the Thompson case earlier in March that they want to see knowing false statements—rather than just misleading statements—under sections like 1014. “These are false claims,” Turley went on.
“It is either your primary residence or it is not.” Either your father is your father or you are married to him. In order for them to truly meet the Thompson standard,
The claims against James were initially brought to his attention by the retired NYPD inspector on his Substack over ten weeks ago, he told Fox News.
According to Mauro, Sam Antar’s investigation and the documents he provided seem completely genuine. In this instance, AG James seems to have committed the very kind of fraud that she claimed in her absurd case against Donald Trump. Now, let’s examine whether, as AG James has said, no one is above the law.
