NORFOLK, VA- Things are about to go from bad to worse for smug New York Attorney General Leticia James. James, who was elected to that post after promising to “get” Donald Trump [for something], has seen karma come back at her as she was recently indicted for mortgage fraud by a Virginia grand jury.
According to the Daily Mail, James rented her “primary residence” to a relative who is a fugitive from justice from North Carolina for probation violations.
According to the exclusive report, James allegedly allowed her grand-niece, Nakia Thompson, along with her three children, to live in the three-bedroom property located in Norfolk, Virginia, since 2020.
The outlet reports that Thompson is officially listed as an “absconder” by North Carolina authorities.
“Ms. Thompson was sentenced to probation for misdemeanor convictions for assault and battery and trespassing, and has wilfully avoided probation supervision,” said Keith Acree, communications director for the North Carolina Department of Corrections.
“An absconder is considered a fugitive,” Acree added. “Thompson faces arrest if she is located in North Carolina,” noting that her crimes of assault and trespass are not extraditable under North Carolina law due to their low level.
In June, Thompson told a grand jury that she had been living rent–free in James’s home since James bought it, telling them that James pays for even basic upkeep of the house, the New York Times reported.
Earlier this month, James was indicted by the grand jury on charges of bank fraud and making a false statement to a financial institution regarding securing a mortgage for a home, virtually the same crimes for which she had previously indicted.
The difference is that, in the case of the president, he was accused of overvaluing real estate, with his Mar-a-Lago estate being valued significantly below its market value.
In that case, Trump paid back all the loans, and nobody was defrauded. A far-left judge imposed a penalty of over $450 million on the president after finding him liable for fraud.
An appeals court vacated the penalty, although it upheld the finding that he had committed fraud.
In the case of James, she allegedly claimed the Virginia property was her primary home, gaining her lower interest rates than if she were claiming it as a rental property or second home. As the attorney general in New York, James must keep her primary residence in that state.
The North Carolina Department of Corrections (NCDC) has issued an appeal for information regarding her whereabouts, including her mugshot and offender number.
James has touted herself as being “tough on crime” and has bragged about bringing fugitives to justice and boasted about extraditing a Medicaid fraud suspect from Pakistan.
James and her leftist supporters claim that her indictment is the result of a “revenge campaign” by President Trump, likely noting his Truth Social posts complaining that “[James] Comey, Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, Leticia [James]” were “all guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done.”
Comey was recently indicted for lying to Congress, while other Trump critics, such as former national security adviser John Bolton and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), have also had DOJ investigations opened on them.
James remains defiant. Appearing at a rally for Marxist New York City mayoral candidate Zohtran Mamdani on Monday, she doubled down on her “innocence”.
She called the indictment (by a grand jury in bright blue Alexandria, Virginia) as “politically motivated.
“We see powerful voices trying to silence truth and punish dissent,” James bellowed. “We are witnessing the fraying of our democracy.”
James held no such beliefs when she targeted then-candidate Trump, the leading Republican presidential contender at the time.
James spent most of the past three years targeting Trump to fulfill a campaign promise she made when running as attorney general.
The Daily Mail contacted Thompson, who simply said “no comment” before adding without prompting that she was “very much in college, and very much a graduate.”
Thompson had a long record of run-ins with the law.
In 2005, she was put on probation in Forsyth County, North Carolina, for simple assault, and received a suspended sentence the following year for two counts of assault against a government official, the NCDC said.
In 2011, she received a suspended sentence for assault and battery and second-degree trespass, again in Forsyth County. That appears to be the underlying charge for her probation violation.
According to the NCDC website, so-called “absconders” can be subject to a “variety of consequences, ranging from extension or revocation of their probation to a possible return to prison for those serving parole or post-release supervision requirements.”
In 2019, Thompson was arrested on grand larceny and petit larceny charges and was sentenced to two years’ probation and was ordered to pay $2,020 in costs after she pleaded guilty.
She was also charged with possession of burglary tools, a felony; however, that charge was dropped.
Thompson also has a lengthy record of driving offenses, including speeding, driving with a revoked license, and a seat belt violation.
Last June, she was found guilty in absentia and fined $50 for failure to have a proper child restraint. This July, she was charged with four misdemeanors in one day.
Thompson also has a history of marijuana offenses.
In 2018, she worked for James’s campaign for four months as a “seasonal representative,” a LinkedIn profile says.
The indictment against James alleges that she misrepresented the house as a “second home” in loan papers in 2020 to secure a better rate.
In a financial disclosure form filed the same year, however, she listed the same property as an investment, which is the basis for the current charges.
Prosecutors allege that by lying about the property’s purpose, she was able to avoid a higher loan rate, saving her $17,387 and another $3,288 in seller credits.
A source told the New York Times that James would travel to the Norfolk home several times per year for an extended stay. Her mother lives nearby in yet another property owned by James.
The indictment against James states that she informed her mortgage broker of her intention to use the house as a second home; however, she used it as a “rental investment property, renting the property to a family.”
A CBS News report from April reported that, according to William Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, James “has, in multiple instances, falsified bank documents and property records to acquire government-backed assistance and loans and more favorable loan terms.”
Pulte alleged that in 2023, James granted Shamice Thompson-Hairston power of attorney to make the Norfolk, Virginia, property, purchased in August of that year, her “principal residence,” despite her serving as New York attorney general.
“At the time of the 2023 Norfolk, VA property purchase and mortgage, Ms. James was the sitting Attorney General of New York and is required by law to have her primary residence in the state of New York–even though her mortgage applications list her intent to have the Norfolk, VA property as her primary home,” Pulte wrote.
Pulte also alleged that in 2001, James purchased a five-family property in Brooklyn with a loan that was only available for homes with four units or less.
“Spanning the last two decades, Ms. James has consistently misrepresented the same property as only having four units in both building permit applications and numerous mortgage documents and applications,” Pulte wrote.
“It appears that Ms. James may have listed the Brooklyn, NY property as four units instead of five units in order to meet the conforming loan requirements, and thus receive better interest rates.”
The most bizarre allegation against James is that she and her father signed mortgage documents in 1983 stating they were husband and wife.
“Ms. James, for both properties listed above, appears to have falsified records in order to meet certain lending requirements and receive favorable loan terms,” Pulte said, noting this could lead to charges such as wire fraud, mail fraud, and bank fraud, along with making a false statement to financial institutions.
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