{"id":2520447,"date":"2025-12-12T07:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miscarriage-of-justice-for-2nd-time-in-one-week-a-virginia-grand-jury-has-refused-to-indict-letitia-james-for-mortgage-fraud\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T07:46:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:46:50","slug":"miscarriage-of-justice-for-2nd-time-in-one-week-a-virginia-grand-jury-has-refused-to-indict-letitia-james-for-mortgage-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miscarriage-of-justice-for-2nd-time-in-one-week-a-virginia-grand-jury-has-refused-to-indict-letitia-james-for-mortgage-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Miscarriage of Justice: For 2nd Time in One Week a Virginia Grand Jury Has Refused to Indict Letitia James for Mortgage Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmiscarriage-of-justice-for-2nd-time-in-one-week-a-virginia-grand-jury-has-refused-to-indict-letitia-james-for-mortgage-fraud%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2520447&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the article discusses the recent refusal of two grand juries in Virginia too indict new York Attorney General Letitia James on charges of mortgage fraud.James allegedly misrepresented her Virginia home as her primary residence to secure better mortgage terms, despite being a resident and attorney general of New York. Though she admitted to signing false documents, the cases were dismissed-first by a Norfolk grand jury, then by one in Alexandria, wich is in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anna-paulina-luna-predicts-trumps-surging-hispanic-vote-will-boost-republicans-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Anna Paulina Luna predicts Trump\u2019s \u2018surging\u2019 Hispanic vote will boost Republicans - Washington Examiner\">predominantly democratic area<\/a>. Her attorney, Abbe Lowell, praised the decisions, calling the charges baseless. The piece suggests that political bias and protection of allies within the &#8220;swamp&#8221; may be influencing the justice system, contrasting the treatment of powerful figures with how ordinary people would be prosecuted for similar conduct. The article also references James&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >aggressive legal actions<\/a> against political opponents, implying a double standard in the enforcement of law.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s an old saying that you can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich for anything. Unless, of course, you happen to be in a district that includes the Washington, D.C., suburbs, in which case you couldn&rsquo;t indict a ham sandwich for being ham if that sandwich happened to be Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>For the second time in a week, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/university-michigan-fires-head-football-coach-citing-inappropriate\/story?id=128308397\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a> reported, New York Attorney General Letitia James has somehow escaped being indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia for misleading banks to obtain better terms on a mortgage.<\/p>\n<p>The Alexandria branch of the court this time rejected the charges after a grand jury in Norfolk, Virginia, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/meet-felon-turned-crime-investigator-exposed-letitia-james-mortgage-fraud-dems-want-discredit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rejected the charges last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The attorney of James, Abbe Lowell &mdash; he of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/federal-reserve-gov-lisa-cook-defies-trumps-firing-hires-prominent-lawyer-represented-hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden defense fame<\/a> &mdash; celebrated his client&rsquo;s success at convincing people she didn&rsquo;t do what she admitted she did.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This unprecedented rejection makes even clearer that this case should never have seen the light of day,&rdquo; Lowell said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Career prosecutors who knew better refused to bring it, and now two different grand juries in two different cities have refused to allow these baseless charges to be brought. Any further attempt to revive these discredited charges would be a mockery of our system of justice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A prior indictment was dismissed based on the appointment of the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The case should be rather straightforward: James, who is the attorney general of New York, purchased a home in Virginia and said that it was her primary residence despite the fact that she is the attorney general of&nbsp;<em>New York<\/em>, and oh yes, did I mention she is a resident of&nbsp;<em>NEW YORK&nbsp;<\/em>yet? Because she is. New York.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for the dissimulation is pretty obvious: Primary residences get a better rate on mortgages than secondary ones. While we can argue all day about the extent to which James profited off of it &mdash; some say less than conservative pundits have been alleging &mdash; the potential savings would have been $19,000, and no one was arguing over whether or not she put pen to paper on a contract that was materially false.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the mortgage in Virginia seemed to be part of a larger pattern in which James would make statements on documents that felicitously seemed to save her a bit of money. While these amounts of money weren&rsquo;t large, they still existed.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps more notably, these were arguably bigger issues, relatively speaking to James&rsquo; position, than the cases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/even-anderson-cooper-admits-not-great-look-letitia-james-trump-witch-hunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James&rsquo; office brought against Donald Trump for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-news-release-the-full-kamala-interview-transcript-now\/\" title=\"CBS News, Release The Full Kamala Interview Transcript Now\">nakedly political purposes<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Consider, too, the area where the second grand jury was convened: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dc-people-started-googling-really-disturbing-words-day-usaid-fell-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the D.C. suburbs<\/a>, an area which is pretty notoriously blue.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, then, one is brought into mind of sayings like Proverbs 18:5: &ldquo;It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the righteous of justice.&rdquo; Or, if you want something newer than the Old Testament, go with Adam Smith: &ldquo;Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Or perhaps remember the words of a prominent prosecutor when going after someone they deemed to be very, very guilty.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to be clear: White collar financial crime is not a victimless crime,&rdquo; that prosecutor said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When the powerful break the law and take more than their fair , there are fewer resources available for working people, small businesses, and families, and everyday Americans cannot lie to a bank about how much money they have in order to get a mortgage to buy a home &hellip; and if they did, the government would throw the book at them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>What prosecutor, you might ask? It probably won&rsquo;t surprise you any:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcnninternational%2Fvideos%2F630096822073377%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Yeah, amazing how one&rsquo;s tune changes with the times, no?<\/p>\n<p>What we have here is the swamp defending its own. The more they interfere with justice, however, the less willing MAGA will be to tolerate them. They&rsquo;re sowing the seeds of their own destruction by keeping two sets of books.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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However, in districts covering the Washington, D.C. suburbs, it seems impossible to indict even a ham sandwich if it&#8217;s associated with Democrats. Recently, ABC News reported that New York Attorney General Letitia James avoided indictment twice within one week in the Eastern District of Virginia on charges of misleading banks to secure better mortgage terms. The Alexandria court dismissed the case after a Norfolk grand jury had already declined to indict her.<\/p>\n<p>James&#8217; lawyer, Abbe Lowell-known for defending Hunter Biden-celebrated this outcome as proof that the case should never have proceeded. He stated that experienced prosecutors refused to bring these unfounded charges and warned against attempts to revive them as they would undermine justice.<\/p>\n<p>The facts are straightforward: James bought a home in Virginia and claimed it was her primary residence despite being New York&#8217;s attorney general and an actual resident of New York State. This misrepresentation likely aimed at obtaining lower mortgage rates reserved for primary residences rather than second homes. While some debate how much she benefited-the estimated savings were about $19,000-it is undisputed she signed documents containing false information.<\/p>\n<p>This mortgage issue appears part of a broader pattern where James made statements on official documents that saved her money, though not large sums overall. Notably, these matters seem more significant relative to her role than politically motivated cases brought by her office against Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Given this context-and considering the political leanings of the D.C.-area juries involved-one might recall Proverbs 18:5 about fairness in justice or Adam Smith&#8217;s warning that leniency toward wrongdoers harms innocent people. A former prosecutor once emphasized white-collar financial crimes do have victims because when powerful individuals break laws for gain, resources become scarcer for ordinary Americans who cannot lie on mortgage applications without severe consequences.<\/p>\n<p>In short, this situation reflects entrenched political protectionism (&#8220;the swamp&#8221; shielding its own), which risks eroding public trust and fueling opposition movements unwilling to accept such double standards in justice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2520448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Michael-Featured-Image-411.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[68700,32506,46436,53529,68699],"class_list":["post-2520447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-indictment-refusal","tag-letitia-james","tag-miscarriage-of-justice","tag-mortgage-fraud","tag-virginia-grand-jury"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Michael-Featured-Image-411.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2520447"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520451,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520447\/revisions\/2520451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2520448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2520447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2520447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2520447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}