New York Attorney General Letitia James — who’s made a name for herself as the Democrat bulldog prosecuting President Trump — is now under federal investigation herself, and the irony couldn’t be more poetic.
A grand jury has been convened in Virginia to investigate whether James committed mortgage fraud by falsifying key legal documents — a potentially felony-level offense. This time, it’s not Trump in the hot seat. It’s the woman who accused him of inflating real estate values — and now she’s accused of playing fast and loose with her own.
At the center of the probe is a 2023 power-of-attorney document in which James declared a property in Norfolk, Virginia as her “principal residence.” That would be surprising, given that James was living and working in Brooklyn as New York’s top law enforcement official at the time. Declaring a “primary residence” out of state while holding elected office in another? That’s not a minor clerical error — it’s fraud.
She’s also being accused of misrepresenting her Brooklyn brownstone by listing it as a four-unit property to score better mortgage terms, even though public records show it has five units. That’s the kind of discrepancy James herself has claimed was a crime in Trump’s civil fraud case.
And then there’s the cherry on top: an old mortgage application where James allegedly listed her father as her husband. No, that’s not satire — that’s reportedly part of the evidence being reviewed.
At a press conference Wednesday, James deflected blame by playing the political victim card, claiming this investigation is nothing but Trump’s “retribution.” Apparently, she thinks the best defense is accusing the former president of orchestrating a grand conspiracy to take her down.
“It’s baseless,” she insisted, before admitting she “mistakenly indicated” she was a Virginia resident. Then, in an astonishing twist of justification, James tried to spin the whole saga as an act of family virtue: “My niece, who has children, and because I am a good aunt, I wanted her to have a home.”
Seriously? That’s the defense? If the law was being applied consistently, “being a good aunt” wouldn’t excuse perjury or falsifying federal forms.
James has lawyered up, hiring D.C. power attorney Abbe Lowell — the same guy who represented Hunter Biden. Taxpayers in New York, brace yourselves: part of those legal fees are coming out of your wallet.
If convicted, James could face disbarment, a fine, and even prison time. But the real story here is the staggering hypocrisy of a woman who weaponized her office to target Trump for “fraud,” while allegedly doing the same thing in her personal affairs.
Maybe justice isn’t blind after all. Maybe it’s just boomeranging.
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