{"id":148971,"date":"2025-08-15T22:47:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T22:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/148971\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T22:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T22:47:17","slug":"special-attorney-ed-martin-checks-out-tish-james-mortgage-fraud-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/148971\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Attorney Ed Martin checks out Tish James’ ‘mortgage fraud’ home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Department of Justice Special Attorney Ed Martin<\/a> was spotted in Brooklyn Friday inspecting Tish James\u2019 multi-family residential property that is at the center of a federal mortgage fraud investigation.<\/p>\n

Martin, conspicuous in a beige trench coat, visited the Clinton Hill brownstone a week after being appointed by Attorney General Pam Bondi<\/a> to run parallel mortgage fraud probes into the New York attorney general and her fellow Trump-deranged Democrat, California Sen. Adam Schiff<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Grand juries in Virginia and Maryland are currently weighing criminal indictments for James and Schiff respectively over allegations they falsified property records to secure favorable loan terms.<\/p>\n

Department of Justice Special Attorney Ed Martin was seen at the Clinton Hill section in Brooklyn, NY, inspecting the home of New York Attorney General Letitia James. Gregory P. Mango<\/p>\n

James\u2019 Brooklyn property at 296 Lafayette Avenue is classified as a five-unit dwelling, but James is alleged to have misrepresented the building on mortgage applications, building permits, and filings for government assistance as having only four units.<\/p>\n

The alleged misclassification allowed her to qualify for loans with better interest rates and lower down payments through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which are only available for properties with four or fewer residential units.<\/p>\n

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At the time Martin was inspecting the property on Friday afternoon, there was one doorbell visible at the main entrance and an additional four door bells at a side entrance, with weathered labels signifying \u201c1 Floor,\u201d \u201c2 Floor,\u201d \u201c3A,\u201d and \u201c3B.\u201d<\/p>\n

A neighbor confronted Martin and an unidentified colleague as they were standing out the front of the property and asked them what they were doing.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTell me why you\u2019re here,\u201d said the middle aged blonde in navy gym shorts and black tank top.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know who lives here . . . You\u2019re not here about the houses. You\u2019re here because of who lives here. It\u2019s my neighborhood. It\u2019s my block. I have a right to know what you guys are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin replied: \u201cI\u2019m just happy to be on a block looking at houses . . . I\u2019m just looking at houses, interesting houses. It\u2019s an important house.\u201d<\/p>\n

James\u2019 property in Brooklyn is classified as a five-unit complex, but James allegedly misclassified the unit on mortgage applications, claiming the building only had four units. New York Post<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not,\u201d retorted the neighbor.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just like every other tract house on this block that was built by developers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re beautiful, beautiful neighborhood,\u201d Martin told her, before walking away.<\/p>\n

The investigation into James\u2019 real estate holdings began in April when Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department.<\/p>\n

Pulte alleged James may have \u201cfalsified bank documents and property records to acquire government backed assistance and loans and more favorable loan terms\u201d by claiming a Norfolk, Virginia, home she bought in 2023 would be her \u201cprincipal residence\u201d while acting as New York AG, and that the property she owns in Brooklyn was her second residence.<\/p>\n

The misfilings have led James to be granted loans with better interest rates and lower down payments. New York Post<\/p>\n

The case also includes allegations that James and her father signed mortgage papers listing themselves as \u201chusband and wife\u201d to meet lending rules.<\/p>\n

Both James and Schiff deny any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

\u201cBill Pulte and his FHFA team got this started with his criminal referral,\u201d Martin said last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd as Tish James and Adam Schiff always say: \u2018Nobody is above the law.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

Special attorneys are empowered to conduct criminal proceedings, including grand jury investigations and prosecutions, usually in sensitive or high-profile cases, and can operate outside the district where the case is pending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Department of Justice Special Attorney Ed Martin was spotted in Brooklyn Friday inspecting Tish James\u2019 multi-family residential property…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":148972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[38853,5229,820,24980,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-148971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-adam-schiff","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-fraud","11":"tag-letitia-james","12":"tag-metro","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-us-news","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115035219159494775","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}