Neighbors of New York Attorney General Letitia James say they’ve never once seen her spending a night at her Virginia home, a site at the center of explosive allegations by the Trump administration that she committed mortgage fraud shortly before launching a similar case against President Donald Trump.
Documents turned over to the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday allege that James, 66, has, since the 1980s, been applying for mortgages using misleading or falsified information in order to obtain favorable loan terms. The disclosure was made by the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, William Pulte, after the agency received numerous complaints about a multi-unit building owned by the Democrat in New York.
Instead, the modest three-bedroom, two-bathroom house is home to a woman and her daughter who arrived just a few months ago, according to those nearby.
One neighbor who has lived in the area for 18 years and asked not to be identified confirmed that a husband and wife couple lived at the $240,000 property for four years before them.
“I’ve only met [the new resident] like maybe two or three times. She seemed really nice,” the neighbor added of the new residents. “The last time I saw her was, like, maybe a week or so ago and she was just outside smoking a cigarette and we were talking about her grandkids,” she said.
“It might have been maybe a little bit more than three months that she moved in because it was just before,” the neighbor also said. “It’s definitely not a year.”
Later in the day, reporters with the Daily Caller canvassed the southern Virginia property as well as another connected to James. Multiple “No Trespassing” signs lined a sidewalk to the front door of one home, and a standoffish woman shouted at one reporter when asked who lived there.
“You’re trespassing! No comment,” the woman declares from behind a glass door.
At the second home, another woman accused the reporter of trespassing while he stood on a public sidewalk in front of the property’s yard.
“Don’t worry about who lives here. That’s none of your business,” she replies curtly when asked if she is an occupant.
