Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.
New York Attorney General Letitia James ranted to a crowd that she’s being followed on the orders of President Trump – days before reports surfaced that Trump’s Department of Justice had actually launched a criminal probe into mortgage fraud claims against her.
“They got individuals coming to my house, standing outside my house. Last Sunday – church Sunday while I was in church – these individuals were in front of my house, taking pictures and then streaming it, putting it on social media,” she said during a May 3 rally at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network headquarters in Harlem.
“This isn’t nothing more than a revenge tour! This is nothing more than vindictiveness! This is nothing more than an individual who is upset at me because we secured a $454 million judgment against him and his family and his company!” added James, who attended the rally to promote City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams’ longshot mayoral campaign.
James — who has been the subject of Trump’s ire after she marshaled a civil fraud trial against him and his Trump Organization that ended with the massive judgment that he is appealing — didn’t say whether she believes she’s being tailed at her Brooklyn home or the shadowy property she owns in Norfolk, Va.
The DOJ and the White House declined to comment on James’ remarks.
She declined through a spokesperson to say which social media posts she was referring to or expand on her remarks.
The investigation is being done at the request of Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte, a Trump appointee who alleges James falsified records to meet certain lending requirements to receive favorable loan terms.
James misrepresented the number of units in her Brooklyn home and falsely stated that the Norfolk home is her principal residence, the feds allege.
James’ lawyer Abbe David Lowell called the allegations “baseless and long-discredited.”
“This appears to be the political retribution President Trump threatened to exact that [U.S. Attorney General Pam] Bondi assured the Senate would not occur on her watch” he said. “If prosecutors are genuinely interested in the truth, we are prepared to meet false claims with facts.”
Of her remarks last week, longtime Democratic political consultant Hank Shienkop“It also shows she is prepared to mount a political defense as well as probably a legal defense,” said. “She’s doing whatever she can to alert people who support her . . . which gins up that audience and gets them excited. It makes them ready to fight.”
The Department of Justice opened a criminal probe into mortgage fraud claims against James, reports on Thursday said.
