The New York Attorney General's Office hired high-powered political attorney Abbe Lowell to represent Letitia James against accusations of fraud. (AP/Reuters/Fox News)
"I’m always amazed at the rank hypocrisy of politicians who are quick to accuse others of what they’re guilty of doing themselves," Fox News legal analyst Greg Jarrett said. "James famously intoned to Trump that ‘no one is above the law' and that he was ultimately responsible legally for documents prepared by others.
"Unlike Trump, James is a lawyer. She knew or should have known, better than a lay person, that those documents were inaccurate and apparently false. She’s on record stating that accuracy in such financial records is essential and must be strictly enforced."
When reached for comment, the attorney general's office directed Fox News Digital to Lowell's response letter to the FHFA's criminal referral.
In his letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Lowell called the referral against James "the latest act of improper political retribution" from Trump.
"The stunning hypocrisy of President Trump’s complaint that the Justice Department had been ‘politicized’ and ‘weaponized’ against him is laid bare as he and others in his administration are now asking you to undertake the very same practice," Lowell wrote.
NY AG LETITIA JAMES' LAWYER SENDS LETTER TO AG PAM BONDI
The New York attorney general said she is "prepared" to ask the judge to seize former President Donald Trump's assets if he cannot pay the $354 million judgment handed down in his civil fraud case. (ABC News/Screenshot/Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images)
Lowell also disputed some of 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.
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, however, alleges that Pulte is 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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Fox News Digital reached out to the New York State Unified Court System handling the AFL's bar complaint to inquire about potential next steps and disciplinary actions but did not receive a response by publication time.
Fox News Digital also reached out to the New York State Bar Association, but the group declined to comment, citing the fact the N.Y. courts system is the body that handles attorney discipline and will be the entity adjudicating AFL's complaint.
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