Tish James is guilty of rank hypocrisy if the NY AG did what she targeted Trump for

Memo to authorities Attorney General Tish James: If you’re going to resistance a erstwhile US president to tribunal for misleading financial institutions, champion not beryllium accused of doing nan nonstop aforesaid point yourself.

James allegedly “falsified records” successful 2023, per Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte, to get a much favorable owe connected a Virginia spot she claimed arsenic her “principal” residence moreover while domiciled successful New York and serving arsenic AG.

Pulte cited different perchance fraudulent James statements — misrepresenting her five-unit Brooklyn spot arsenic having conscionable 4 units and claiming her begetter was her hubby — successful his criminal referral to nan Justice Department.

The AG’s acquisition of nan Virginia spot came correct astir nan clip she was launching a civil-fraud lawsuit against nan Trump Organization for over-valuing galore of its properties successful documents to banks, a lawsuit wherever she won a $464 cardinal judgement (pending appeals).

True, James granted a relative, Shamice Thompson-Hairston, her powerfulness of lawyer to motion nan archive authorizing nan purchase, White Collar Fraud reported.

But successful her Trump case she held him (and his sons) responsible for documents likewise prepared by underlings.

She whitethorn kick this is soiled authorities posing arsenic a pursuit of justice, but past again she ran for lawyer wide promising to scour each Trump archive and action successful a sportfishing expedition to build immoderate lawsuit — any case — against him.

So far, she hasn’t commented connected these allegations; we look guardant to her explaining nan “principal residence” thing.

Back erstwhile James launched her probe of Trump successful 2019, she famously huffed that “no 1 is supra nan law, not moreover nan president.”

Surely, that goes for a authorities lawyer general, too.