Letitia James faces bar complaint after mortgage fraud charges dismissed

A right-leaning group filed a bar complaint against New York Attorney General Letitia James after the mortgage fraud charges against her were dismissed by a Virginia judge. 

The Center to Advance Security in America submitted a complaint with the Attorney Grievance Committee in New York asking the state to investigate James for alleged “illegal and dishonest conduct” leading to the criminal charges, the New York Post reported. 

“Fraud, misrepresentation, honesty and trustworthiness are all factors that the Rules of Professional Conduct expressly factor when weighing whether to discipline an attorney,” wrote Curtis Schube CASA’s director of research and policy in the four-page complaint reviewed by the Post. 

“The Committee, therefore, should immediately investigate the allegations against James and, if by ‘preponderance of the evidence’ the allegations are substantiated, she should be disciplined accordingly,” he continued. 

U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie dismissed the criminal indictment against James, ruling the appointment of former Donald Trump personal lawyer Lindsey Halligan as interim U.S. Attorney in Eastern Virginia was invalid and she lacked the authority to present a case to a grand jury. Due to the ruling, the judge also dismissed the charges against former FBI Director James Comey.