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The Department of Justice is diving headfirst into a spicy criminal investigation of New York’s Attorney General Letitia James, and it’s got all the makings of a political cage match.
A source with the inside track says a grand jury in Virginia’s Eastern District is slinging subpoenas like bowls of hash, zeroing in on claims that James played fast and loose with the truth about a single-family home in Virginia. Allegedly, she called it her “primary residence” to snag sweeter loan terms. Shady? Maybe.
But wait, there’s more! The feds are also sniffing around another accusation: James supposedly puffed up the number of livable units in a Brooklyn multifamily property to, you guessed it, score better loan rates. If this smells like déjà vu, it’s because James built her career accusing others of the same financial sleight-of-hand--can you say Donald Trump?
The plot thickens with a criminal referral from William Pulte, Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Pulte’s not messing around—he’s the one who waved the red flag and told the DOJ to take a hard look at James.
This all comes hot on the heels of James being the legal thorn in Trump’s side, leading the charge that made him the first U.S. president branded a felon. Remember that case? James went after Trump and his organization, claiming they fudged business records to cozy up to lenders. The result: 34 felony counts, a $350 million fine, and Trump’s still fighting the conviction like it’s a cage match.
Now, James’ attorney, Abbe Lowell, is swinging back, and he’s not pulling punches. “These baseless and long-discredited allegations, put to rest by my April 24 letter to the Department of Justice, are suddenly back in the news just days after President Trump publicly attacked Attorney General James,”
Lowell sneered. He’s calling this a political hit job, straight-up “retribution” from Trump, despite U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s promise to the Senate that the DOJ wouldn’t be weaponized. Lowell’s ready to throw down, saying, “If prosecutors are genuinely interested in the truth, we are prepared to meet false claims with facts.”
Lowell’s not done. He fired off a letter to Bondi, accusing Trump of turning the DOJ into his personal vengeance machine. “The stunning hypocrisy of President Trump’s complaint that the Justice Department had been ‘politicized’ and ‘weaponized’ against him is laid bare as he and others in his administration are now asking you to undertake the very same practice,” Lowell wrote, probably while sipping a coffee laced with righteous indignation. He’s got receipts, too, pointing to Trump’s public jabs at James and calls for revenge.
On the Virginia home fiasco, Lowell’s got an explanation, albeit a questionable one: James never meant to call it her primary residence. A power-of-attorney letter saying otherwise? Just a clerical oopsie, he claims, backed by other documents where James told her lender the truth.
As for the Brooklyn property, Lowell says Pulte’s leaning on an outdated 2001 certificate of occupancy, ignoring updated records that list the place as a four-unit multifamily residence. Sounds like a paperwork food fight, but the stakes are high.
Here’s the kicker: James has been a ringleader among Democratic AGs suing to block Trump’s agenda since he kicked off his second term. So, is this investigation legit, or is it Trump settling scores with the woman who slapped him with a historic conviction?
Either way, the DOJ’s wading into a swamp of accusations, counterclaims, and enough political bad blood to fill a miniseries. Grab the popcorn—this one’s gonna get uglier before it’s over.
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