WASHINGTON — New York Attorney General Letitia James was hit with a bar complaint from a right-leaning group on Friday, days after having her federal mortgage fraud charges tossed by a judge in a temporary procedural win.
The Center to Advance Security in America submitted a request with the Manhattan and Bronx-focused Attorney Grievance Committee for the state to investigate James’ potentially “illegal and dishonest conduct” leading to the criminal charges.
“Fraud, misrepresentation, honesty and trustworthiness are all factors that the Rules of Professional Conduct expressly factor when weighing whether to discipline an attorney,” wrote Curtis Schube, the group’s director of research and policy, in the four-page complaint.
“The Committee, therefore, should immediately investigate the allegations against James and, if by ‘preponderance of the evidence’ the allegations are substantiated, she should be disciplined accordingly.”
Senior US District Judge Cameron Currie on Monday dismissed the federal charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution brought against James brought in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Currie ordered that Lindsey Halligan, who is serving as a special attorney in US attorney’s office for that district, “had no lawful authority” to secure the two-count indictment since she had not been confirmed by Congress or an appropriate judicial panel.
Former President Bill Clinton had appointed Currie to the federal bench in 1994 and she was confirmed the same year.
“I am heartened by today’s victory and grateful for the prayers and support I have received from around the country,” James said in a statement Monday, the day the charges were tossed. “I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day.”’
The indictment — along with two more charges brought by Halligan against former FBI Director James Comey — was dismissed without prejudice, allowing President Trump’s Department of Justice to appeal the ruling and refile charges against James.
The five-year statute of limitations in Comey’s case, meanwhile, has expired.
“We’ll be taking all available legal action, including an immediate appeal to hold Letitia James and James Comey accountable for their unlawful conduct,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said Monday at a press conference in Memphis.
Friday’s complaint comes after James was indicted on Oct. 9 for allegedly falsifying mortgage documents to secure a $109,600 loan on a Norfolk, Va., property that she claimed as a primary residence but has been inhabited by a grandniece with a long rap sheet.
The apparently fraudulent loan terms netted her nearly $19,000 extra over the lifetime of the mortgage, according to prosecutors.
James’ 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 disclosures to the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government listed a Norfolk home as an “investment” property, valued at between “$100,000 to under $150,000.” She reported it paying her between $1,000 and $5,000 in income.
But her 2024 ethics filing designated it as “real property,” not an “investment,” that generated no income.
That last disclosure came in May — one month after Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte referred James to the DOJ for possible mortgage fraud related to a second home she purchased in Norfolk.
James faces up to 60 years in prison and a fine of up to $2 million if convicted on all charges and slapped with the maximum sentencing.
Reps for James did not respond to a request for comment.
This Article was copied from nypost .com, visit to read more
NOTE: THIS SITE DOES NOT BELONG TO FACEBOOK
