{"id":22091,"date":"2025-10-25T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=22091"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:42:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:42:40","slug":"new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james-a-trump-adversary-to-plead-not-guilty-to-mortgage-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james-a-trump-adversary-to-plead-not-guilty-to-mortgage-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump adversary, to plead not guilty to mortgage charge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NEW YORK FN) \u2014 New York Attorney General Letitia James pleaded not guilty Friday to a single count of mortgage fraud, a case that has sent shockwaves through political circles and drawn sharp reactions from both allies and opponents.

James, a Democrat who has built her career on prosecuting financial misconduct, entered her plea at a Manhattan courthouse. Prosecutors allege she made false statements on a 2018 mortgage application for a Brooklyn townhouse, an accusation James has called \u201cbaseless and politically motivated.\u201d

\u201cThis charge is nothing more than a desperate attempt to punish me for doing my job,\u201d James said in a brief statement outside court. \u201cI have spent my career holding powerful people accountable, and I will not be intimidated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Court-watcher’s waits in line outside the courthouse hours before New York Attorney General Letitia Jame’s hearing at the US District Court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


A spokesperson for the U.S. Justice Department said the case would be \u201chandled in accordance with the law and the facts, without political consideration.\u201d White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment directly but said President Joe Biden \u201cbelieves in the independence of the justice system.\u201d

Former President Donald Trump, a frequent target of James\u2019 investigations, called the case \u201ca long-overdue reckoning.\u201d \u201cLetitia James has been after me from day one,\u201d Trump said in a statement. \u201cNow she\u2019s finally being held to the same standard she tried to apply to others.\u201d

Two other Trump rivals \u2014 Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff and Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook \u2014 remain under criminal investigation and have also denied wrongdoing. More than half of Americans, including about one in three Republicans, believe Trump is using federal law enforcement to target his enemies, according to a Reuters\/Ipsos poll this month.

Last year, James won a 454.2 million Dollars penalty against Trump after a judge found he fraudulently inflated his net worth to deceive lenders. A New York state appeals court in August overturned the penalty, which had grown to more than 500 million Dollars with interest, but upheld the finding that Trump was liable for fraud.

Some homeowners\u2019 rights groups expressed frustration, saying the case against James could undermine public trust in mortgage fraud enforcement. \u201cIf these allegations are proven true, it would be a blow to the fight against financial misconduct,\u201d said Rebecca Allen, director of the National Homeowners Alliance. \u201cNo one should be above the law \u2014 not even the attorney general.\u201d

Legal experts say the case could drag on for months as James\u2019 defense team challenges the evidence. The next court hearing is scheduled for December, and prosecutors have yet to say whether they plan to expand the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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