Abbe Lowell, right, has previously represented Hunter Biden. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
U.S. Federal Housing Director William Pulte is requesting the Department of Justice investigate James and consider prosecuting her for allegedly falsifying bank documents and records in order to garner more favorable loans. Lowell, who hung up on Fox News Digital when reached by phone, sent a letter to the DOJ Thursday urging them to reject Pulte's request for prosecution.
Local reporting from the Times Union said the attorney general's office indicated the decision to hire Lowell to defend James was, in part, based on their allegation that the Trump administration is pushing a politically motivated criminal referral in response to James bringing a civil case against Donald Trump last year for allegedly inflating asset values to obtain favorable loans.
Lowell, in his letter to the DOJ that was directed to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, referred to Pulte's criminal referral as "the latest act of improper political retribution" from Trump.
President Donald Trump (LEFT) and New York Attorney General Letitia James (RIGHT). (Getty Images)
Lowell also went after the allegations, including that James listed a home in Virginia as her primary residence while serving as a state official in New York. According to Lowell, James had no intention of using the property as a primary residence and her indication of this in a power-of-attorney letter was a mistake. Lowell pointed out there were other documents where James indicated to her lender that the Virginia home would not be her primary residence.
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A second accusation of fraud against James accuses her of inflating the number of livable units in a multifamily Brooklyn residence to receive better interest rates. Lowell accuses Pulte of disregarding updated documentation listing the residence as a four-unit multifamily residence, and instead pointing to a certificate of occupancy from 2001.
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