President Trump is gearing up to fire a US Attorney who is refusing to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James for mortgage fraud.
Erik Siebert, the interim US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia is reportedly unwilling to charge Letitia James amid reports the DOJ hasn’t gathered enough evidence to bring an indictment.
“President Donald Trump intends to fire US Attorney Erik Siebert, who has been under pressure to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James with mortgage fraud, two sources with knowledge of the matter told CNN.” “It is not immediately clear if Siebert has been informed,” CNN reported.
As reported by Fox News:
U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert is being pushed out of his role as the top prosecutor of the Eastern District of Virginia, a move that comes as some Trump administration officials are seeking to bring charges in that district against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Siebert’s perceived unwillingness to bring charges against James, one of Trump’s top political nemeses, is the main reason for his ouster, according to multiple sources who spoke to Fox News.
Siebert, who has worked in the Eastern District of Virginia since 2010, has not yet been confirmed in the Senate and was on track to be. Now, according to one of the sources, the White House has told Siebert to resign or be fired.
The Trump Administration recently criminally referred New York Attorney General Letitia James to the Justice Department over accusations of mortgage fraud.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) accused Letitia James of falsifying records, citing a 5-unit property in New York she claimed was only four units in order to get a more favorable loan.
For more than 20 years, Letitia James repeatedly claimed her Brooklyn apartment building was a four-unit property on mortgage applications—despite official records proving it had five.
This is not a minor discrepancy. Lying to the bank about the unit count enabled Letitia James to secure more favorable loans, including a 2011 Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) loan that saved her tens of thousands of dollars annually.
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