Letitia James, New York Attorney General, rode on a high horse when on February 17, 2024, greeting New York Supreme Court Judge Engoron's ruling, ordering Donald Trump to pay $354.9 million in penalties and banning him from business in New York State, she said to the cameras, "No one is above the law...". The real estate experts in their majority were of the opinion that Judge Engoron grossly underestimated the value of Mar a Lago property, hence the ruling was very suspect at the least. Letitia James and Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg, in his criminal action against Trump, needed some creative charges and creative justice to get Trump but it appears now that to get Letitia James Trump might not need to stretch anything because apparently Letitia James perpetrated plainly mortgage fraud as well as she "abdicated" her office by establishing her primary residence in the state of Virginia, pursuant to Newsweek story. It appears that 2 months before filing action against Trump, Letitia James amended her own records as part of a real estate transaction. A document signed on August 17, 2023 shows that she intended to change her residence to Norfolk, Virginia. She apparently stated on the mortgage application: "I HEREBY DECLARE that I intend to occupy this property as my principal residence". Newsweek reports that the existence of the evidence was first reported by Sam Antar of the White Collar Fraud Blog. A separate land record stipulates that Letitia James and the co-applicant, her cousin Shamice Thompson-Hairston, "to occupy, establish and use" the Norfolk home as "their principal residence" within 60 days and to keep it their "principal residence" for at least one year. Apparently, Letitia James did not do what she declared in her mortgage application what evidences the mortgage fraud. Pursuant to New York Post, the Trump Administration , in particular, The U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency, referred Letitia James, NY Attorney General, for potential prosecution over the alleged mortgage fraud. It seems that we all are sinners, only Jesus Christ was perfect. So, all the politicians, before you start to speak from a high horse, examine your sins, as we all should.
Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York attorney, admitted to practice in 1993. You can contact him by telephone (212-634-4250) or, preferably, by e-mail at: janusz@januszandrzejewski.com