Facing Fraud Allegations, Letitia James Announces a Big Fundraiser

The Daily Caller made a visit to two homes apparently owned by Letitia James. A visit to one of those homes was mentioned on Laura Ingraham’s show.

Footage Obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation SHOUTED OUT on @FoxNews 🚨

INGRAHAM: “She [Letitia James] claimed that a Virginia property was her primary residence. And that allowed her to obtain a favorable mortgage rate.” pic.twitter.com/1NeuRHh2hM

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 18, 2025

Newsweek published a story talking to several people who said there was some real potential exposure here for James.

Speaking with Newsweek, Kyle Welch, an associate professor at George Washington University’s School of Business who specializes in financial fraud, said the allegations about James could “carry jail time” and disbarment…

“The irony here is almost too on-the-nose,” Welch said. “Letitia James built her ‘nobody is above the law’ brand by prosecuting Trump for inflating his financial condition—statements that came with disclaimers, involved banks that said they weren’t harmed, and still resulted in a half-billion-dollar fraud conviction.”…

Matthew Mangino, a former district attorney in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, added that James would be prosecuted and that it would “have a chilling effect on opposition” to Trump.

“The attorney general of one of the largest states in the nation should not, if the allegations are true, be fudging the books to qualify for better borrowing rates, especially not one investigating the President of United States,” he told Newsweek.

Of course she’s only in trouble if the evidence holds up. Though James hasn’t said anything publicly about this, we got a preview of her defense from the NY Times.

When purchasing the Virginia residence, Ms. James signed notarized paperwork attesting that she would use it as a principal residence…

Virginia real estate lawyers said that the paperwork might be an issue if Ms. James had misrepresented the truth to the lender. But on a separate loan application form provided by the attorney general’s office, Ms. James indicated that she did not intend to occupy the property as a primary residence. Her mortgage agreement did not require her to do so.

Why are there two loan application forms for one loan? The Times didn’t publish a copy of the document so there’s no way to know if it’s authentic. As for the multi-family home in Brooklyn:

The referral letter also accused Ms. James of misrepresenting the number of units in a Brooklyn home she purchased in 2001, possibly in order to receive better interest rates. The letter noted that while a January 2001 certificate of occupancy said the home had five units, Ms. James had consistently said that it had four.

A spokesman from Ms. James’s office said that a rider attached to the mortgage clarified that the building was four units and agreed that she had said so consistently in paperwork.

This should be pretty simple to figure out. Either it has four or five units. James really seems to be counting on statements from her office to the NY Times to handle this.  Meanwhile, James just announced a big fundraiser today.

Embattled New York Attorney General Letitia James is hitting up supporters for big bucks just days after the Trump administration accused her of alleged fraud involving several homes she owns.

The money bid is in the form of an invitation to an event on Tuesday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. calling for contributions starting at $500 and climbing to an eye-popping $18,000, the maximum allowed by New York law, in support of her 2026 re-election bid.

The invite features a photo of James framed by a circular gay pride flag.

So she’s planning to run again it seems. I guess that will depend on whether or not the DOJ comes to the same conclusion.as the NY Times.