Pinocchio: Prosecutor releases 'damning' evidence against Tish James

 November 21, 2025

This story was originally published by the WND News Center.

Letitia James, the Democrat New York attorney general who campaigned on a promise to "get" President Donald Trump, then took him to court and obtained a $500 million penalty against him only to see it tossed because of its unconstitutionality, is facing "damning" evidence against her in a mortgage fraud case.

Lindsey Halligan, the interim U.S. attorney for eastern Virginia, has released a cache of evidence related to the alleged mortgage fraud case pending against James.

According to the Washington Examiner, it is Mike Davis, a former law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, who delivered the verdict on the evidence that showed "that she lied to the lending bank, the IRS, and her homeowners' insurer."

Halligan secured an indictment against James last month on counts of bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution.

"The charges stem from allegations that James lied on a 2020 mortgage application to obtain favorable loan terms for a Virginia property," the report said.

Among the evidence now public is that her "Affidavit of Occupancy" showed her stating under oath her Norfolk residences was a "secondary home," like a vacation home.

Her primary residence, she said, was elsewhere.

But witnesses have confirmed James's niece and three children lived there full-time.

"In her homeowner's insurance application, James claimed that the home would be unoccupied for five months out of the year, despite it being occupied the whole year," the report said. And, "In another insurance application, James claimed only one person would be occupying the house, an adult, and no children."

The charge is that James knew she was doing wrong, and gained financially by getting a 3% mortgage rather than a rate of 3.815%.

If convicted, the Democrat could spend years in jail.

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