Fbi Launches Criminal Investigation Into New York Attorney General Letitia James

The FBI and nan U.S. attorney’s agency person launched a criminal investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James. Her attorneys telephone nan rumor “political retribution.” 

Property acquisition astatine halfway of allegations

The probe comes little than 1 period aft nan Trump management referred her for imaginable owe fraud. James and her niece, Shamice Thompson-Hairston, purchased a location successful Norfolk, Virginia, for $240,000. On nan owe document, James stated she intended to inhabit nan spot arsenic her “principal residence.”

To service arsenic New York lawyer general, James must legally reside successful New York state.

Federal charismatic accuses James of archive falsification

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte sent a missive successful April to nan Justice Department, accusing James of falsifying documents to get amended owe position connected nan Virginia property. James responded by calling nan allegations baseless.

Defense from ineligible team

James’ lawyer, Abbe Lowell, responded successful a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, calling nan Trump administration’s referral “the latest enactment of improper governmental retribution.” Lowell based on James was helping her niece pinch financial support successful bid to unafraid nan loan, and that nan owe agent was alert of this arrangement.

In nan missive to Bondi, Lowell said a correction had been made connected nan owe application, writing, “Director Pulte cherry-picked an August 17, 2023 powerfulness of lawyer that mistakenly stated nan spot to beryllium Ms. James’ main residence and astatine nan aforesaid clip perfectly ignored her very clear and each caps connection two weeks earlier to nan owe indebtedness agent that ‘[T]his spot will not beryllium my superior residence. It will beryllium Shamice’s superior residence.’”

James has not publically commented connected nan opening of nan investigation.

Ongoing ineligible and governmental tensions pinch Trump

President Donald Trump and James person a history. After Trump’s first word successful nan White House, successful September 2022, James revenge a civilian fraud suit against Trump, accusing him and nan Trump Organization of inflating plus values connected financial statements to unafraid favorable loans.

In February 2024, New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur F. Engoron ruled successful favor of James, ordering Trump to salary much than $450 cardinal successful damages and banning Trump from serving arsenic an serviceman aliases head of immoderate New York-based institution for 3 years. The lawsuit is presently nether appeal.