#NYAG #LetitiaJames urges court to toss her case, calling it #Trump’s #revenge
New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined the list of #DOJ targets seeking to dismiss criminal charges by arguing vindictive prosecution — because, let’s face it, it is.

#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #retribution #FHFA
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/07/letitia-james-vindictive-prosecution-motion/

Other career prosecutors in the office had also reached that conclusion, some of whom have since been fired. #Comey & James are both also pursuing motions seeking the dismissal of their cases on grounds that #LindseyHalligan’s appointment was #illegal. A judge has scheduled a hearing next week to weigh arguments on that front.

#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #retribution #FHFA #fraud #Trump #LetitiaJames

“Since his second inauguration, the President & his handpicked Department of Justice officials exhausted every avenue to secure the payback the President demanded,” defense attorneys Abbe Lowell & Andrew Bosse wrote. “The charges against AG James constitute unconstitutional vindictive & selective prosecution.”

#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #retribution #FHFA #fraud #Trump #LetitiaJames

In a court filing Friday, #LetitiaJames’ attorneys maintained that the mortgage fraud case she’s facing in Virginia is nothing more than an effort at retaliation for the staggering civil #fraud judgment she won against #Trump & his real estate organization last year.

#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #retribution #FHFA

#NYAG #LetitiaJames urges court to toss her case, calling it #Trump’s #revenge
New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined the list of #DOJ targets seeking to dismiss criminal charges by arguing vindictive prosecution — because, let’s face it, it is.

#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #retribution #FHFA
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/07/letitia-james-vindictive-prosecution-motion/

Exclusive: #Trump ousts  #watchdog of US housing regulator involved in mortgage probes of his foes, sources say

The internal watchdog for the US Federal Housing Finance Agency [ #FHFA] is being removed from his role, four people familiar with the matter said, at a time when the housing regulator is playing a role in Trump's targeting of perceived enemies.

#law #RevengePolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #fascism #tyranny
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/watchdog-being-ousted-us-housing-regulator-involved-trump-crackdown-sources-say-2025-11-03/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

His ouster also came about as he was preparing to send a letter to #Congress, of which Pulte was aware, notifying lawmakers that the #FHFA was not cooperating with the #InspectorGeneral's office, 3 of the sources said.

…Pulte has circumvented the agency's Office of Inspector General in pursuing those three cases, Reuters previously reported.

#Trump #law #RevengePolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #fascism #tyranny

Created after the 2008 financial crisis, the #FHFA is typically a low-profile regulatory office, but Pulte has launched a new hotline targeting mortgage fraud & made public criminal referrals against a series of #Trump foes including #NYAG #LetitiaJames, as well as #FederaReserve Board Governor #LisaCook & California Democratic Senator #AdamSchiff.

#law #RevengePolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #fascism #tyranny

The ouster of Joe Allen, #FHFA's acting #InspectorGeneral, follows the agency's director, Bill Pulte, becoming an outspoken voice in support of the #Trump admin. Across the government, the Trump admin has so far fired or reassigned close to two dozen agency #watchdogs, who police #waste, #fraud & #abuse. It has also defunded the group that supervises those offices.

#law #RevengePolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #fascism #tyranny

Exclusive: #Trump ousts  #watchdog of US housing regulator involved in mortgage probes of his foes, sources say

The internal watchdog for the US Federal Housing Finance Agency [ #FHFA] is being removed from his role, four people familiar with the matter said, at a time when the housing regulator is playing a role in Trump's targeting of perceived enemies.

#law #RevengePolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #fascism #tyranny
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/watchdog-being-ousted-us-housing-regulator-involved-trump-crackdown-sources-say-2025-11-03/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

Exclusive: #Trump ousts  #watchdog of US housing regulator involved in mortgage probes of his foes, sources say

The internal watchdog for the US Federal Housing Finance Agency [ #FHFA] is being removed from his role, four people familiar with the matter said, at a time when the housing regulator is playing a role in Trump's targeting of perceived enemies.

#law #RevengePolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #fascism #tyranny
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/watchdog-being-ousted-us-housing-regulator-involved-trump-crackdown-sources-say-2025-11-03/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement