Three words in Letitia James' mortgage contract doom the fraud case against her

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21. That part is true. It's clearly a politically-motivated prosecution

When I've seen it prosecuted in the past, someone lost money or it was part of a much larger scheme involving more than one property.

An even better mode of defense appears to be the possibility that she can get the prosecutor removed from the case.

But I haven't seen anything yet that implies that she didn't do what she is accused of or that it wasn't illegal.

"James purchased the home in Norfolk, Virginia, for her great-niece in 2020 for $137,000 in 2020 and immediately allowed her and her children to begin living in the house rent-free."

All true. And the way she chose to do that appears to be illegal. She should have told the bank that she would not be occupying the home herself (either as a principal or secondary residence) - which would have increased the mortgage payment and the required down-payment. I've seen that happen when the fraud was on the part of the mortgage broker trying to get someone qualified who otherwise would be rejected (losing the broker the commission)... but this is a state AG. She's no sucker.