"Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as well as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has been spelunking through financial records of Trump's enemies, and he sent a criminal referral to Attorney General James regarding a house in Norfolk. But apparently Halligan punted on The Case of the Errant Power of Attorney, an extraneous document which erroneously described the property as a personal residence, when every other piece of the loan application correctly described it as a rental. Worst Nancy Drew mystery ever!"
"As with the recent indictment of James Comey, another Trump nemesis, the James indictment was so weak that regular prosecutors - i.e., ones who have actually tried criminal cases - refused to touch it. And, as in Comey's case, Halligan was the only lawyer willing to sign off on it. So if conservative commentators and Sam Alito(!) are right, and her appointment was unlawful, the case may get dismissed long before trial."
Lindsey Halligan, serving as acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on two felony counts: bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1344 and making a false statement on a mortgage application under 18 U.S.C. § 1014. Regular prosecutors reportedly declined involvement, leaving Halligan as the sole signatory, raising questions about appointment legality and potential early dismissal. The indictment centers on a Norfolk investment property James bought in August 2020 for $137,000 with an 80% loan from Old Virginia Mortgage. A prior referral concerned a separate Norfolk property and an erroneous power-of-attorney document.
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