DOJ Subpoenas New York AG Letitia James

The Albany subpoenas were first reported by Fox News and the New York Times.

James had been a fierce critic of the 45th president’s administration and brought the civil case in 2022, claiming that the Trump Organization inflated the value of its real estate holdings to get favorable loans and other financial perks.

New York’s top cop and her supporters often professed “no one is above the law” in discussing the case, which started with an investigation launched in 2019 while Trump was still serving his first term.

“If average New Yorkers went into a bank and submitted false documents, the government would throw the book at them, and the same should be true for former presidents,” the state attorney general had said.

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte made the initial referral to the DOJ in April, alleging that James had “falsified records” to also receive favorable loans on a home she purchased in Norfolk, Va. in 2023.

The Democratic AG claimed the Virginia property was going to be her “principal residence” while serving as the top prosecutor in New York.

Other records show James misrepresented the number of units for a Brooklyn brownstone she had purchased in 2001, Pulte claimed.

The referral letter indicated that the actions could result in criminal charges — including wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution.

James has joined other Democratic attorneys general in lawsuits challenging Trump administration actions to fire members of the federal workforce and ban transgender procedures for minors.

Albany Democrats tucked a $10 million slush fund provision into the state budget earlier this year to help New York officials cover “any reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred” during probes not related to their employment.