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Justice Department indicts New York AG Letitia James in mortgage fraud case
Letitia James faces bank fraud charges for allegedly falsifying mortgage documents to save about $19,000 in loan costs; conviction could bring up to 30 years in prison.
- New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted on one count of fraud in the Eastern District of Virginia after a mortgage fraud investigation.
- James says she made an error while filling out a form related to a home purchase but quickly rectified it and did not deceive the lender.
- James' lawyer has accused the Justice Department of concocting a bogus criminal case to settle Trump's personal vendetta against her.
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The U.S. Attorney General for the East District of Virginia, Lindsey Halligan, announced that a federal grand jury filed a formal indictment against New York State Attorney General Letitia James for bank fraud. Last month, Donald Trump urged the administration to take action against her. The official defended herself and got the support of the city's mayor's candidate, Zohran Mamdani.The U.S. prosecution of James and the support of Mamdani in Ne…
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UpstractWhat to Make of the Trump DOJ’s Letitia James Indictment
It appears that DOJ standards have changed. Trump’s Justice Department has charged Letitia James with the same kind of “fraud without victims” she once used to go after him — exposing a new double standard in prosecution.
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