Posted on 04/25/2025 2:45:20 AM PDT by Libloather
State Attorney General Letitia James’ attorney blasted the Trump administration Thursday for using “cherry-picked” information against her in a federal criminal referral — although she admitted to “mistakenly” listing a Virginia home as the Democrat’s primary residence.
In a fiery, five-page letter to US Attorney General Pam Bondi, James’ lawyer Abbe David Lowell picked apart the accusations that James committed mortgage fraud, calling the referral a meritless, hypocritical salvo in President Trump’s “revenge tour” against the prosecutor.
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte’s bombshell criminal referral was based off shoddy media reports and a selective reading of public records, Lowell argued.
Among the allegations outlined in Pulte’s referral were that James listed a Virginia home more than 300 miles from her New York City office as her “principal residence.
That document cited a power of attorney document from 2023 signed by the AG authorizing the purchase of the property, in which she attested “I hereby declare I intend to occupy this property as my principal residence.”
However, Lowell chalked this up to a clerical error, and accused Pulte of selectively including it to bolster his accusations.
“Director Pulte cherry-picked an August 17, 2023 power of attorney that mistakenly stated the property to be Ms. James’ principal residence and at the same time absolutely ignored her very clear and all caps statement two weeks earlier to the mortgage loan broker that ‘[t]his property WILL NOT be my primary residence,’” the letter said.
Another accusation Pulte included in his referral letter was that James, whose salary is $220,000, misrepresented the number of apartments in a building she has owned in Brooklyn since 2001. Pulte claimed James said the building only had four units, but pointed out that the NYC Department of Buildings records says it has five.
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From what I’ve read, Leticia would know all about “cherry-picking evidence”.
“It’s unclear if New York taxpayers will be footing the bill for Lowell’s legal services.“
Since the state hired Lowell I’d say it’s pretty clear and Rat standard operating procedure too boot.
You would be right.
the state’s chief law enforcement officer
was confused about all that legal stuff on the forms
or as Mike Davis of A3P said on Warroom
we are going to put her fat ass in jail
why is the state of ny paying lowell
she is not being sued for ag activities
this is personal
if ag office is paying the legal bills
i think they can add another fraud count
You can if the taxpayers of New York are paying for it. The Post headline should have been “We’re Paying the Bill”
“Abbe is ONE SLIMY SOB!”
Yes, yet another from the seemingly endless pack of rats serving the Dims.
She’s busted.
Letisia has the colored hand that picks cherries.
The law suits against President Trump are all a basket of cherries picked by her hand from the articles repeatedly published by Steve Forbes.
What I’m curious about is if the lender will catch wind of this, concur, and accelerate the loan.
“Cherry picked” OR INVESTIGATE AND FIND??
ABBE IS A REAL POS WHO IS DEFENDING ANOTHER POS.
So in NY, engaging in mortgage fraud is an official job duty of the NY AG????
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