"Two separate career prosecutors did not believe there was enough evidence to support mortgage fraud charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James. But James was the driving force behind the civil fraud case against the Trump organization, and a major thorn in Donald Trump's side. So... here we are. Today, James became t he second Trump political enemy to be indicted."
"U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Erik Siebert was forced out of a job for refusing to bring these very charges against James. And Elizabeth Yusi, head of major criminal prosecutions in the Norfolk office, prepared for the same fate for refusing to bring the charges. But Trump has installed his former personal attorney Lindsey Halligan (with zero prosecutorial experience) into Siebert's former role, and well, she does not have the same qualms."
"James has been under investigation for mortgage fraud since 2023 for a loan she took out to help her niece obtain a home. One document in the loan application allegedly reported that the home in question was going to be James's primary residence, something her team claims was an error. Other loan documents state the property was not going to be James's primary residence and, in an email to her loan originator, James wrote "this property WILL NOT be my primary residence.""
Two career prosecutors declined to bring mortgage fraud charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, citing insufficient evidence. James led the civil fraud case against the Trump Organization and was politically opposed to Donald Trump. She was indicted after prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia who refused to charge her were removed or forced out. Trump installed Lindsey Halligan, his former personal attorney with no prosecutorial experience, into the U.S. Attorney role overseeing the matter. Reports indicate at least one fraud charge was returned by a grand jury concerning a 2023 loan for a niece’s home with conflicting residency statements on loan documents.
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