Trump housing chief Bill Pulte seeks new DOJ probe of New York AG Letitia James

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Source: MS NOW News

Mar. 25, 2026, 6:35 PM EDT


After the Department of Justice failed to convict New York Attorney General Letitia James on charges of mortgage fraud last year, the Trump administration’s federal housing chief, Bill Pulte, has filed a new criminal referral to the department — this time asking prosecutors to investigate James for insurance fraud, according to criminal referrals obtained by MS NOW.

Pulte sent the two criminal referrals to two Trump-nominated U.S. attorneys: Jason Reding Quinones of the Southern District of Florida and Andrew Boutros of the Northern District of Illinois. The referrals claim James made misrepresentations in home insurance filings with Universal Property Insurance and Allstate Insurance Company — in Florida and Illinois, respectively — about how two properties associated with her would be used.

In both referrals, Pulte referenced public social media posts made by Mike Davis, an influential, hard-line pro-Trump attorney.

Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, wrote in the Illinois criminal referral, “It appears Ms. James made representations that the house would be occupied by a single adult, with no children. Instead, according to the post, she knew the house was actually occupied by four people — three children and her niece.”

Read more: https://www.ms.now/news/trump-housing-chief-doj-new-york-letitia-james-pulte

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The definition of "insanity".

[Dave Bowman]

1. Lol, that was my 1st thought.

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

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2. someone has an axe to grind.

drumpf, or does Pulte have his own reason to demand yet another investigation.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. 45 is using Pulte to go after James

since she brought the case where 45's company was found liable for multiple counts of civil fraud.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Yeah, I had forgotten that.

The Pulte company developed a lot of cracker-box housing in the area back in the 1970s.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. His family members are basically guilty of what he is pursuing others for

https://www.blackenterprise.com/bill-pulte-family-alleged-mortgage-fraud/

He is also now undergoing a GAO investigation - Government Accountability Office opens investigation into FHFA chief Bill Pulte

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Another family of criminals, just like the Trumps.

[Bayard]

7. trump's personal vendetta

He's such a nasty, spiteful little man. I hope Ms. James is thinking of filing her own suit for malicious prosecution.

[cstanleytech]

8. Vexatious litigation which the Court should then bar the DOJ from further harassment being conducted.