WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal grand jury is meeting in the Eastern District of Virginia court, weighing charging New York Attorney General Letitia James with mortgage fraud, Fox News reported on Thursday, citing two unidentified sources.
James, who has denied wrongdoing, was being investigated for mortgage fraud after Federal Housing Finance Agency chief Bill Pulte alleged that she falsely described her Norfolk, Virginia, home as a primary residence in order to secure a more favorable interest rate on a home mortgage loan. Pulte also said James may have inaccurately described her Brooklyn home.
Trump has repeatedly complained about James, who pursued a civil fraud case against him that resulted in a half-billion-dollar penalty. A New York judge in the case found that Trump and his fami