Columbia Library Stormers Stay on the Hook (For Now). Plus, Has Jake Tapper Seen the Light?

Kicking the can down the road: A group of keffiyeh-clad students "descended on Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday to face formal arraignment for their roles in a violent takeover of Columbia University’s Butler Library," our Jon Levine reports from the scene. Though their lawyer asked the court to consider dismissal (and accused Israel of genocide), they aren't off the hook yet and are due back in court in July.

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Letitia James’s Former Colleague Says ‘Opportunistic’ NY AG Abused Her Power

President Donald Trump and his allies aren’t alone in accusing New York attorney general Letitia James of abusing her prosecutorial powers. A former high-ranking official in her office is now on the record saying the same.

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With Mifepristone Flooding The Country, We Need Abortion Pill Reversal More Than Ever

The latest data on the dangers of the abortion pill underscores the need to protect APR and stop the ideological lawfare that seeks to deprive mothers and their babies of a second chance at life.

Pot, meet kettle: Is Letitia James guilty of the EXACT SAME fraud she went after Trump for?



Criminal charges were being looked into regarding Letitia James' allegedly fraudulent real estate deals — but now the investigation is official.

The FBI and U.S. attorney in Albany have launched a criminal investigation into the mortgage fraud claims against the New York attorney general.

The investigation follows a request that the DOJ investigate Letitia James, sent by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte. Pulte claims that James falsified records to get favorable loans on a home she purchased in 2023 in Virginia and a Brooklyn apartment James has owned since 2001.

“I mean, this is just chef’s kiss-type stuff,” Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” comments. “If these were her primary residences, then she should not have qualified to be New York attorney general, because of the rules for New York attorney general.”


“So which one is it, Tish, did you sign up to be New York attorney general under false pretenses, or did you try to sign a deal and lied to get a more favorable loan? Which one is it, because, either way, you’re a scumbag,” she continues, adding, “It couldn’t happen to a more deserving person.”

James accused President Trump of committing a similar act, although in his case, neither she nor anyone else could name a victim.

“We need a flowchart of all of the Trump indictments, all of the Trump legal trouble, because of all the lawfare that was waged against him, but she filed a civil lawsuit, just as a refresher, in September 2022 against President Trump, the Trump Organization, his three eldest children, alleging widespread fraud by inflating the value of real estate to secure, look at that, favorable loans and tax benefits,” Gonzales explains.

“So the thing that she accused President Trump of, she was doing the whole time,” she continues, adding, “Isn’t that interesting?”

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Did the conclave pick a LIBERAL to be the new pope?



The conclave in the Vatican has elected a new pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, who has taken the name Pope Leo XIV.

And while many are thrilled that the Conclave elected an American pope, others are concerned that his political ideology might lean too far to the left, as Prevost hasn’t been shy about blasting Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric.

He made this clear when he shared an American Magazine article on X titled, “Pope Francis’ letter, JD Vance’s ‘ordo amoris’ and what the Gospel asks of all of us on immigration.”

The article centers around a letter Pope Francis wrote to the bishops of the United States regarding immigration and mass deportation, which was in response to the Trump administration’s focus on the immigration crisis.


The letter from Pope Francis also criticizes JD Vance’s interpretation of “ordo amoris,” which is a theological concept the vice president used in explaining his view on immigration.

“It seems like they could have picked a super conservative, and they went, ‘We’ll pick one that wants to be political again,’” Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” comments.

“They could have picked a complete looney liberal. I mean, I’m not surprised that he’s different than a conservative on immigration,” BlazeTV contributor Matthew Marsden counters, though he believes that “a lot of that has to do with wanting to fill the pews in Catholic churches in the United States.”

“The majority of the people, if you go to Catholic churches here, are Hispanic. So part of it is that,” Marsden continues, adding, “It’s nice that it’s an American pope though. I’m going to take that win.”

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Letitia James officially under federal criminal investigation for alleged fraud



Letitia James, the rabidly anti-Trump attorney general of New York, is now officially under criminal investigation in connection with the fraud allegations that surfaced last month.

Reports indicate that James has repeatedly falsified real estate documents dating all the way back to 1983, when she and her father apparently listed themselves as husband and wife.

'I HEREBY DECLARE that I intend to occupy this property as my principal residence.'

In 2001, James purchased a multi-unit residence in Brooklyn and then listed the residence as having only four units when previous filings listed the property as having five units. In a letter sent last month to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte claimed that James fudged the number of units to qualify for a conforming loan from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

More recently, in August 2023, James and a relative purchased a home in Norfolk, Virginia. In a specific power of attorney document related to the purchase, James stated: "I HEREBY DECLARE that I intend to occupy this property as my principal residence." New York law requires all statewide officeholders like James to reside in New York full-time.

According to Pulte, these misrepresentations of facts would have helped James "secure a lower mortgage rate" and mortgage-related "government assistance." Pulte requested that the Department of Justice investigate James for possible crimes such as wire, mail, and bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.

Presumably in response to Pulte's criminal referral, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Albany have now opened a criminal investigation into James. The Guardian reported on Thursday that federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Maryland have already impaneled a grand jury to consider the evidence, and the Washington Post reported that a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia has likewise subpoenaed evidence for the allegations regarding the Norfolk home.

The FBI and James' office declined a request for comment from the New York Post.

James has characterized the allegations as "baseless" and accused the Trump administration of retaliating against her for suing the Trump Organization. In that lawsuit, James leveled allegations that resemble those she now faces, accusing Trump and his associates of overvaluing properties to secure better lending terms with banks and insurance companies.

Though a New York jury sided with James in the Trump lawsuit and issued a staggering $450 million judgment, that case remains under appeal and a New York appeals court has already signaled support for overturning or at least reducing it.

'One of those references to her being her father’s "wife" was just below her signature.'

Because of that litigation, the New York AG's office hired an attorney to represent James, a move that indicates state taxpayers will be funding James' legal representation even as she fights allegations that she committed mortgage fraud in a private capacity.

Moreover, the attorney the office hired, Abbe Lowell, has made a name for himself representing anti-Trump Democrats and their allies. For instance, Lowell was in the news recently for representing Hunter Biden in the weapons and tax-evasion cases against him. Biden was convicted in both cases, but his father, former President Joe Biden, pardoned Hunter in his final weeks in office even after repeatedly promising he would not do so.

In response to Pulte's letter about James, Lowell sent his own letter to Bondi that insisted the accusations against his client were "long-disproven" and the evidence "cherry-picked."

Lowell claimed that in 1983, when James was 24 years old and fresh out of law school, her father filled out the mortgage application "without his daughter's involvement." A screenshot of the document appears to show Letitia James' signature on it, and even the Times Union noted that "one of those references to her being her father’s 'wife' was just below her signature."

Letitia James, 66, has never been married.

Lowell also claimed that other city documents list James' Brooklyn residence as having only four units and that James has used the building as a four-unit residence since she purchased it in 2001. The Times Union expressed doubt that "as the property owner, James had the ability to declare the residence would be four units instead of five for tax and financing purposes."

In connection with the purchase of the Virginia property in 2023, Lowell claimed that two weeks before the power-of-attorney document, James wrote to the mortgage broker, "This property WILL NOT be my primary residence," adding that it would be the primary residence of the relative with whom she made the purchase. "The broker understood this," Lowell insisted and designated James as a "non-occupying co-borrower."

While James and her attorney have made rejoinders against the allegations, legal scholar Jonathan Turley called the evidence against her "damning" and noted that in her ruthless pursuit of Trump, James may have unwittingly set a legal standard that she will be unable to meet.

"She insisted that these technicalities matter and that the powerful should not be given a free pass," Turley told Fox News' Laura Ingraham on April 15. "Well, that bill has come due."

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Letitia James screeches, gesticulates wildly in piercing rant about Trump admin amid fraud accusations



Attendees at the National Action Network rally in Harlem on Saturday may have left holding their ears after New York Attorney General Letitia James went on a rant about the Trump administration that reached a shrill pitch.

In her speech, James mainly took aim at efforts by the Trump administration to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the Department of Health and Human Services, a department James referred to on at least one occasion as the "Health and Hospitals Association." She claimed that the Trump team wants to starve essential programs like Head Start, Meals on Wheels, and the World Trade Center Healthcare Program for 9/11 first responders.

"And you want me to sit in my seat and stand idly by and allow this craziness to happen?" she screeched, pointing strangely with her thumb and index finger about an inch apart.

James said she instead would sue the federal government — including HHS Sec. Robert Kennedy Jr., whom she called "the guy with a worm in his head" — over these cuts and that other Democrat attorneys general would join her.

'You elected me to continue fighting on, AND I WILL FIGHT ON!'

James did not provide further details about the lawsuit, the New York Post said, presumably including the names of other interested AGs. Fox News host Aishah Hasnie noted that, considering the accusations against James swirling about, "I'm not sure who's going to want to jump in on that."

Hasnie was alluding to allegations from the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency that James repeatedly committed mortgage fraud. According to FHFA Director William Pulte, James:

  • falsely claimed in August 2023 she would make a home in Norfolk, Virginia, her "principal residence," even though she never lived there full-time and New York law requires statewide officeholders to reside in New York.
  • misrepresented the number of units at her Brooklyn property to secure a conforming loan from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
  • even listed her father as her husband on a real estate purchase in 1983 to obtain a better mortgage rate. Other documents from May 2000 listed James, who has never been married, as "husband and wife," though whether her father was likewise mentioned in those documents is unclear.

Last month, Pulte referred James to the Department of Justice for a criminal investigation into possible wire, mail, and bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution. James has since claimed the allegations are "baseless."

Nevertheless, James made veiled reference to those allegations in her speech to the National Action Network on Saturday, railing, "You can come after me if you want," as she pounded her chest.

"But you elected me to stand up! You elected me to use the law! You elected me to go to court! You elected me to continue to challenge this administration," she continued, her voice growing increasingly louder.

Others on stage, including race activist Al Sharpton and NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, whom James supports in the upcoming NYC mayoral election, rose to their feet as James' rant reached a piercing crescendo.

"You elected me to stand up for the least of God's children. You elected me to continue fighting on, AND I WILL FIGHT ON!" she yelled.

You can hear a 30-second clip of her speech here. Gothamist described the speech as "fiery." The Post claimed James "barked."

The White House and HHS did not respond to a request for comment from the Post.

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