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The Justice Department secured an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James following an investigation into mortgage-fraud allegations.
A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted James, a Democrat, on charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution, both felonies, according to court documents. Her first court appearance is set for Oct. 24.
The case was presented by Lindsey Halligan, President Trump’s former personal lawyer.
Halligan last month secured former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey’s indictment on charges that he lied to Congress five years ago.
Comey pleaded not guilty Wednesday, and his lawyer has said he plans to ask a judge to dismiss the case as politically motivated.
“No one is above the law,” Halligan said in a statement, calling the allegations against James “tremendous breaches of public trust.”
The charges stem from James’s 2020 purchase of a three-bedroom home in Norfolk, Va., obtaining favorable terms on a loan by claiming the property was her secondary residence, the indictment says.
Instead, it says that James was using it as an investment property, renting it out to a family of three.
The alleged misrepresentation about how she would use the property saved money on her mortgage rate, the indictment says, and over the life of the loan James reaped nearly $19,000 in what were described as ill-gotten gains.
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