A Citizen Audit That Shook the Empire State
Whatâs most remarkable is how this investigation started. Not by the media. Not by the FBI. But by a regular private citizen conducting his own audit of public recordsâafter a friend took his own life while under investigation by Jamesâ office.
He wasnât even initially focused on James. But after stumbling upon filings that looked off, he started diggingâand what he uncovered has rocked the foundations of Albany.
That information made its way to Pulte, who referred it to Bondi, triggering this now-unfolding federal criminal probe.
âWifeâ on a Mortgage with Her Father?
Among the most eyebrow-raising allegations: a 1983 mortgage document where James, then 24, signed as her fatherâs âwife.â Her lawyer Abbe Lowell claims it was a clerical errorâyet James signed directly beneath that false description.
Let that sink in.
A law school graduate, a bar-certified professional, now the top attorney in the state of New York, overlooked (or knowingly signed) a document listing her as her fatherâs spouse? Lending experts say this misstatement could have significantly benefited the applicationâpotentially even qualifying them for a loan they otherwise wouldnât have received.
