NY State Attorney General Letitia James has hired defense attorney Abbe Lowell to represent her amid mortgage fraud allegations regarding her Brooklyn and Virginia properties – allegations that were referred to the Justice Department for criminal review.
James helped her niece buy a house in Virginia back in 2023 by becoming a co-borrower on the mortgage loan. U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte seized on a document in that transaction to push a federal investigation.
In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi earlier this month, Pulte cited “media reports” claiming James had falsely listed a home in Virginia as her principal residence, which he hypothesized was an effort to avoid the higher interest rates people often pay for mortgages on second homes…