Overview

• Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte sent a criminal referral to the Department of Justice, alleging that Letitia James falsified documents to secure favorable mortgage terms.
• The referral claims James misrepresented a Virginia property as her primary residence in 2023, despite her legal obligation to reside in New York as state attorney general.
• Additional allegations include understating the number of units in a Brooklyn property and listing her father as her husband on mortgage documents from 1983 and 2000.
• The referral outlines potential charges, including wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, and false statements to a financial institution, pending DOJ action.
• James denies the allegations, accusing the Trump administration of using federal agencies for political retribution following her $454 million civil fraud judgment against the Trump Organization.