New York Attorney General Letitia James said in court papers on Nov. 17 that Trump administration officials had engaged in “outrageous conduct” that should prompt a federal judge to dismiss the indictment alleging she committed mortgage fraud.
“Perhaps in one case before this court has there been a more shocking case of government conduct,” James’s attorneys said in the motion.
They are alleging that Justice Department attorneys and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte reached for a case against James and violated her right to due process.
James was indicted in October on the basis that she used her Virginia home as a rental property despite obtaining a loan under the assumption that she would not use it for those purposes….