Bill Pulte issues new criminal referrals against NY Attorney General Letitia James following prior dismissal
President Donald Trump's top housing chief, William "Bill" Pulte, has issued fresh federal prosecution requests targeting New York AG Letitia James after a previous case was dismissed by the Department of Justice in March 2019 and later dropped entirely without conviction last year (Mar). The new referrals were directed to prosecutors at U.S.
Key Points
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1Trump housing chief Bill Pulte issued fresh criminal referral requests targeting NY AG Letitia James after her prior charges were dismissed.
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2The new referrals target potential crimes involving homeowners' insurance fraud rather than the previously prosecuted mortgage-related allegations.
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After the Department of Justice failed to convict New York AG on mortgage fraud charges last year, Trump housing chief Bill Pulte has filed a new criminal referral asking prosecutors to investigate James.
— (Vaughn Hillyard/MS NOW)A Trump administration official made two additional criminal referrals against NY Attorney General Letitia James for possible homeowner's insurance fraud in Miami and Chicago after her previous case was dismissed by federal authorities.
— [AZ Intel], [CBS News]"President Donald Trump's top housing official Bill Pulte issued new referral attempts to revive the administration's ongoing legal pursuit of one of his political opponents."
— (Krdo)The Trump administration has filed two new criminal referrals against New York Attorney General Letitia James for alleged insurance fraud regarding her properties in Florida and Illinois following the DOJ's failure to convict her on mortgage charges. These filings reference public social media posts by pro-Trump attorney Mike Davis, which allege misrepresentations about occupancy status at both locations that would have affected Universal Property Insurance and Allstate claims respectively.