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The Department of Justice has opened a transgression probe into New York Attorney General Letitia James, Fox News has learned.
A root acquainted with the substance confirmed that a expansive assemblage successful the Eastern District of Virginia sent retired subpoenas related to accusations that James misrepresented a single-family location in Virginia arsenic her superior residence to get much favorable indebtedness terms.
News of the national probe follows a transgression referral from the Trump administration's Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte, who requested the DOJ analyse James implicit that substance and different incidental successful which she allegedly misrepresented the fig of livable units successful a multifamily Brooklyn location to erstwhile again get amended indebtedness terms.
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"These baseless and long-discredited allegations, enactment to remainder by my April 24 letter to the Department of Justice, are abruptly backmost successful the quality conscionable days aft President Trump publically attacked Attorney General James," James' attorney, Abbe Lowell, said Thursday.
"This appears to beryllium the governmental retribution President Trump threatened to nonstop that AG Bondi assured the Senate would not hap connected her watch. If prosecutors are genuinely funny successful the truth, we are prepared to conscionable mendacious claims with facts."
President Donald Trump and New York Attorney General Letitia James (Getty Images; Fox News )
After Pulte's transgression referral was sent to the Justice Department, specifically U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Lowell followed up with his ain missive to Bondi and the Justice Department, accusing the president of seeking "political retribution."
James has been portion of a radical of Democratic attorneys wide who person sued to halt galore of Trump's orders during his archetypal fewer months successful the Oval Office.
Additionally, James was the catalyst down Trump becoming the archetypal U.S. president sentenced arsenic a felon. She was the pb authoritative successful a lawsuit she brought against Trump and the Trump Organization that alleged Trump and his institution falsified concern records to get much favorable indebtedness terms.
Trump was convicted connected 34 felony counts of falsifying concern records and was ordered to wage $350 cardinal successful penalties and is appealing the conviction.
President Donald Trump and Letitia James (Associated Press; Getty)
"The stunning hypocrisy of President Trump’s ailment that the Justice Department had been ‘politicized’ and ‘weaponized’ against him is laid bare arsenic helium and others successful his medication are present asking you to undertake the precise aforesaid practice," Lowell wrote successful his missive to Bondi.
Lowell, successful his letter, pointed to instances erstwhile Trump has called for revenge and instances erstwhile the president has personally attacked James.
Lowell besides responded to the allegations, including the assertion James listed a location in Virginia arsenic her superior residence portion serving arsenic a authorities authoritative successful New York. According to Lowell, James had nary volition of utilizing the spot arsenic a superior residence, and her denotation of this successful a power-of-attorney missive was a mistake. Lowell pointed retired determination were different documents successful which James indicated to her lender that the Virginia location would not beryllium her superior residence.
New York Attorney General Letitia James and President Donald Trump (Michael M. Santiago/Bill Pugliano)
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James is besides accused of fraud for allegedly inflating the fig of livable units successful a multifamily Brooklyn home to person amended involvement rates. Lowell accuses Pulte of disregarding updated documentation listing the residence arsenic a four-unit multifamily residence and alternatively pointing to a certificate of occupancy from 2001.
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