{"id":16750,"date":"2025-10-12T16:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T16:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=16750"},"modified":"2025-10-12T16:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T16:39:11","slug":"new-focus-on-adam-schiff-after-letitia-james-indicted-for-mortgage-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=16750","title":{"rendered":"New Focus On Adam Schiff After Letitia James Indicted for Mortgage Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"
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California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff is drawing new scrutiny after New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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James was charged Thursday by a federal grand jury in Virginia on allegations of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution, allegations that prosecutors say allowed her to obtain nearly $19,000 in savings on a loan for a second home, according to the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n

The indictment was issued in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the same court where former FBI Director James Comey was indicted on September 25 on charges of making false statements to Congress and obstruction of justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one is above the law. The charges as alleged in this case represent intentional, criminal acts and tremendous breaches of the public\u2019s trust,\u201d US Attorney Lindsey Halligan said in a statement. \u201cThe facts and the law in this case are clear, and we will continue following them to ensure that justice is served.\u201d<\/p>\n

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James also responded after the charges were announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is nothing more than a continuation of the president\u2019s desperate weaponization of our justice system. He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding, all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese charges are baseless, and the president\u2019s own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost,\u201d she added. \u201cThe president\u2019s actions are a grave violation of our Constitutional order and have drawn sharp criticism from members of both parties.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2018 during her first campaign for attorney general, James ran on a platform to \u2018get\u2019 President Trump. She would later charge him and his company with financial fraud in a civil lawsuit filed in 2022. The suit accused Trump and the Trump Organization of inflating the value of their assets to defraud lenders and insurers.<\/p>\n

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Now that James has been charged, all eyes are on Schiff, who has also been criminally referred to the Justice Dept. for alleged mortgage fraud.<\/p>\n