The Trump administration has made several new criminal referrals to the Justice Department concerning New York Attorney General Letitia James. The referrals, which were submitted by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, allege James committed potential insurance fraud connected to properties tied to James and have been sent to U.S. attorneys in Florida and Illinois for review.
“The Department of Justice can confirm that referrals were received by our U.S. Attorney Offices,” a DOJ spokesperson said in a statement given to Fox News. One of the referrals against James alleges “suspected homeowners insurance fraud.” The criminal referral was sent out to Jason Quinones, who serves as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Quinones will determine if the case should move forward toward a prosecution.
If that is the route Quinones chooses, he will need to seek a grand jury indictment. The referral comes after charges of bank fraud against James were tossed out by a leftist judge appointed to the bench by former President Bill Clinton. A grand jury located in the state of Virginia refused to re-indict her. The judge tossed out the case against James and former FBI Director James Comey after finding them to be illegitimate due to them being brought forward by an unqualified U.S. attorney.
Pulte stated in one of the criminal referrals that it looks as if James “may have falsified information on her homeowners insurance application” for a company based in Fort Lauderdale, Universal Property Insurance. The referral also cites several social media posts made by Mike Davis, an attorney and ally of President Donald Trump, according to Fox News.
He then said that based on a post from Davis, James “may have made false representations that her property would be unoccupied five months out of the year. Pulte said that, according to the post, this information might be false. “The house was, in fact, occupied year-round by her niece,” he wrote, going on to say, “As such, it appears Ms. James may have defrauded the Florida-based insurance company.”
According to a report from NBC News, James’ attorney, Abbe D. Lowell, released a statement in response to the allegations saying that “Trump and his political enablers keep abusing their power to pursue a vendetta against her by trying to rename, refile, and repeat baseless allegations.” Lowell continued, “They continue this improper revenge campaign instead of helping bring down the rising cost of living in this country,”
“These desperate tactics will fail — just as every previous attempt has failed — and exposes an Administration that has abandoned its responsibility to the American people in favor of petty political payback,” the attorney added. Pulte was the one who sent criminal referrals to the Justice Department in 2025 against James and several other Democratic Party critics of the president.
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The list includes Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. As you would expect, all of them denied participating in any wrongdoing. The October 2025 indictment against James alleged that she falsely claimed a home located in Norfolk, Virginia was her second residence in order to receive a more favorable loan. She then rented the property to a family of three.
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