Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James said Thursday that the allegations of fraud and misconduct she faces are “baseless” and an act of political retaliation, but official documents suggest otherwise.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) referred James to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for potential prosecution for allegedly falsifying real estate documents in connection to properties in Norfolk, Virginia, and Brooklyn, New York, while a report from White Collar Fraud also highlights how James’ financial disclosures inconsistently reported various loans on a separate Norfolk property since 2020. In a Thursday interview with Errol Louis of Spectrum News NY1, James suggested that the allegations against her have no basis in fact, even though primary source documents indicate that she may have made misrepresentations on real estate paperwork in potential violation of the law.
