Letitia James hires Abbe Lowell amid criminal charges, challenging Trump’s narrative.<\/b>
\nNew York Attorney General Letitia James, long known for her partisan crusade against Donald Trump, has now hired one of Washington\u2019s most notorious Democratic fixers to defend her from criminal charges of her own. James has hired Abbe Lowell \u2014 the same high-powered D.C. attorney who represented Hunter Biden \u2014 to fight off a federal indictment accusing her of mortgage fraud.
According to the indictment, James falsified loan documents when she bought a home in Virginia, netting approximately $19,000 in savings.
Lowell issued a brief statement Thursday, declaring that his client \u201cflatly and forcefully denies these charges.\u201d
Lowell added, \u201cWe are deeply concerned that this case is driven by President Trump\u2019s desire for revenge.\u201d
Revenge for what? For building her entire career on using her office to target Trump\u2014she literally campaigned on it\u2014and for bringing a so-called \u201cfraud\u201d case that was a farce from day one. Her argument was that Trump exaggerated property values to secure better loan terms, something every developer in America does. As Kevin O\u2019Leary explained, that\u2019s how real estate works: banks don\u2019t just take a developer\u2019s word for it; they run their own numbers, make their own calls, and assume their own risks. The banks James claimed Trump defrauded literally testified in Trump\u2019s defense.
Yet James pushed ahead, demanding a staggering $355 million penalty for a \u201ccrime\u201d with no victims \u2014 a number that ballooned past $500 million before an appeals court finally tossed it out. Even CNN legal expert Elie Honig called it what it was: \u201cbogus.\u201d
James\u2019 case was never about justice. It was about politics \u2014 a cynical stunt to take down Trump because \u201cno one is above the law.\u201d She\u2019s learning the hard way that she isn\u2019t above the law either.
But I digress.
Lowell is likely most well-known for his defense of Biden, the former first son, in his gun and tax case.
While Biden was convicted at a first trial of illegally owning a gun while hooked on drugs \u2014 and pleaded guilty in a second case to committing tax evasion \u2014 President Joe Biden pardoned his wayward son in December 2024 before leaving office.
And Lowell recently defended former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, another prominent Democrat \u2014 currently in prison serving an 11-year sentence while he appeals his federal conviction.
Menendez was found guilty at trial in July 2024 of taking bribes, including gold bars, in exchange for using the power of his office to serve the interests of wealthy businessmen and the countries of Qatar and Egypt.
Though we may want to laugh about Lowell\u2019s recent courtroom losses, former prosecutor Neama Rahmani told The New York Post that Lowell\u2019s track record reflects the kind of high-risk, low-reward cases he\u2019s willing to tackle \u2014 not the quality of his defense work.
\u201cThose cases were losers no matter who was defending them,\u201d Rahmani said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re defending federal cases, you\u2019re expected to lose \u2026 Acquittals are the exception rather than the rule.\u201d
Rahmani predicted that Lowell is likely to lose this case as well, noting that her claim on official documents that her Virginia home would be her primary residence \u201cseemed false on its face,\u201d as he put it. \u201cI think this is a very tough case to defend.\u201d
Prosecutors charged James with bank fraud and making false statements, accusing her of lying on loan documents for a $109,600 mortgage on a Norfolk, Virginia, home. They allege she claimed the property would be a secondary residence to secure the loan but later reported it as a rental investment on her taxes, collecting thousands in income. If convicted, she faces up to 60 years in prison and $2 million in fines.
Thankfully, Joe Biden isn’t in office to give her a blanket pardon.<\/p>\n