US attorney investigating Letitia James mortgage fraud claims reportedly ousted | Letitia James
The US lawyer, who investigates the allegations of mortgage against the New York Chief Public Prosecutor Letitia James, said that a person familiar with the issue gave Associated Press on Friday, the Trump administrative authorities put a pressure on the perceived opponents of the President’s perceived opponents.
The movement of Erik Siebert, a career prosecutor in the prestigious eastern region of Virginia, was defined by a person who was not authorized to discuss the issue and speaks about the status of anonymity. He said which official was taken to Siebert, what reason it was given, or who could take its place.
Since there was no public announcement in the afternoon on Friday, the status of any leadership change remained uncertain. Seibert’s office and the spokesman of the Ministry of Justice refrained from commenting.
The development comes from the allegations of Trump administrative authorities in the town of Brooklyn against James and in a Virginia house in an aggressive way in allegations arising from the inconsistencies. The Ministry of Justice conducted an investigation for months, but has not yet imposed accusations, and there was no indication that prosecutors managed to reveal any evidence of accusation to guarantee an indictment.
To the extent that Siebert’s effort to replace the criminal charges is designed to accelerate criminal charges, the movement is likely to deepen the concerns that the department, which has already explored the other public figures that Donald Trump accepted as enemies, was armed by a White House for the purpose of withdrawal.
James’ lawyers strongly rejected any claim and described the investigation as a political revenge.
ABC News first reported that the authorities compatible with the president put pressure on the prosecutors to bring accusations to prosecutors, and that the Republican administration was preparing to overthrow Siebert, which was nominated for the best job in the office after Trump has worked there for more than a decade.
James has partly been a special source of anger for Trump for a law case that resulted in a major financial punishment against him and his company. In August, this penalty was fired by a Court of Appeal, which found that a judge had exaggerated his reserve for decades of Trump.
The case received a number of unusual return. In August, Ed Martin, who managed the Ministry of Justice’s armament working group and coordinated the investigation, sent a letter calling James to resign after the mortgage fraud investigation. Later, James’s Brooklyn Townhouse appeared out of a “Columbbo” -style trench coat. On the stage, a New York Post writer observed that he told a neighbor: orum I just look at homes, interesting houses. This is an important house. ”
James ‘lawyer Abbe Lowell, in a letter to Martin, said that James’ demand for resignation challenges the standards of the Ministry of Justice and the rules of professional responsibility and legal ethics.
The Ministry of Justice has firm policies against the use of investigations and to use prosecution to achieve political purposes, Lowll Lowell wrote. “This is even more of a situation where a request is made to take political revenge against a public official on the other side.”
Siebert, a former Columbia police officer, joined the eastern region of Virginia, a distinguished Ministry of Justice, a distinguished Ministry of Justice, a sophisticated national security and criminal case history. In May, he was nominated for the role of the US lawyer.
The Office participated separately in the investigation of the investigation of the potential ties between Russia and Trump’s Muzaffer 2016 presidential campaign. No accusation was explained as part of this study.
Although US lawyers have been appointed as the presidency, they are rarely fired. However, the Trump administration has repeatedly ignored the norms and traditions in order to insulate the prosecutors of the Ministry of Justice from the political influence of the White House. Jack Smith’s special consulting team prosecutors and other support personnel who investigated and prosecuted Trump, his father former FBI Director James comey, the Russian election intervention investigation was terminated by Trump in the middle of the first presidency.
Martin’s investigation stems from a letter sent by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte to the Chief Public Prosecutor Pam Bondi in April.
Pulte, who organized the agency mortgage financers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, claimed that James misrepresent the Virginia house as the main residence and that he could attempt to avoid higher interest rates valid for the second houses.
The records show that James was listed as a common debtor in a house that James buys in 2023. Lowell said that records and correspondence easily refuted Pulte’s claim. James signed a lawyer’s power form, Lowel said Lowell’s Mrs. James’s main residence of Mrs. James, and sent an e-mail to the Mortgage loan broker at the same time.
