White Collar Fraud

Nothing Changed: Letitia James Signs Another False Financial Disclosure Under Oath

May 15, 2026 / 16 minutes of reading

The federal indictment was dismissed. Two grand juries declined to indict. The prosecutors who built the case were gone. By any measure, Letitia James had survived the worst of it. On May 13, 2026, she signed her annual financial disclosure under oath and hand-delivered it to the state ethics commission. This is the same document her office told the public […]

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DAGA, Donald Trump, Letitia JamesCorruption, Crime

Did a Tax-Exempt Political Network Help Elect Zohran Mamdani While Certifying It Was Independent?

May 4, 2026 / 16 minutes of reading

Public filings show overlapping control, same-day reciprocal reporting, shared political operations, and nearly $79 million in charitable-to-advocacy funding flows — raising questions regulators should not ignore. Thirteen days before Election Day, $950,000 moved from one Working Families committee to another. The same treasurer appeared on both sides of the transaction. The receiving committee altogether spent $1.8 million on “independent” expenditures

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Amin Mitha, Emgage, George Soros, Make the Road Action, Make the Road New York, Make the Road States, Mike Boland, Renita Francois, Tides Advocacy, Tides Foundation, Working Families Party, Zohran MamdaniCorruption, Crime

Ilhan Omar’s Amended Financial Disclosure Numbers Don’t Reconcile

April 26, 2026 / 21 minutes of reading

Two categories corrected simultaneously in opposite directions. An unexplained liability gap exceeding $3 million. A winery with $650 in the bank valued at $5 million. A venture capital firm claiming $60 billion under management with no publicly identified SEC registration or exemption. Five business entities sharing the same structural signature across six years. The amended filing doesn’t close the questions.

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Adam Ereli, Angela Rose, E Street Group, ESTCRU LLC, eStCru Winery, ESTREETCO LLC, EstVenture LLC, Ilhan Omar, James Comer, Max Baucus, Naeem Mohd, Rose Lake Capital, Timothy Mynett., William HailerCorruption, Crime

Is NYC’s Reported Crime Reduction Real?

March 26, 2026 / 17 minutes of reading

The NYPD publishes two official reports every week. One says crime is down. The other says New Yorkers are calling for help more than ever. The department has never explained why. Nobody appears to have asked. Don’t take our word for it. Take theirs. The NYPD’s own CompStat report says crime is down nearly 6% this year. The NYPD’s own

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NYC crime statistics, NYC public safety, NYPD CompStat, NYPD Quality of Life reportCorruption, Crime

Six for Six: ABC’s Katherine Faulders and the Letitia James Leak Pipeline

December 21, 2025 / 8 minutes of reading

Every major development in the Letitia James case broke through one reporter. Every leak of non-public information helped the defense. Yesterday, I published “96 Minutes: The Letitia James Grand Jury Leaks Were Worse Than Reported.” I documented how two grand juries – one that chose secrecy, one that chose transparency – both had their decisions leaked to the same ABC

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Abbe Lowell, ABC News, Carol Leonnig, Katherine Faulders, Letitia James, MSNBCCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

96 Minutes: The Letitia James Grand Jury Leaks Were Worse Than Reported

December 20, 2025 / 10 minutes of reading

Two grand juries. Two different choices about disclosure. Neither controlled their own narrative. The leakers did. Last week, I published “The Letitia James Grand Jury Leak: 33 Minutes Early. A Federal Judge Put It in Writing.” I documented how Judge Porter cited a 4:06 PM ABC News article – authored by Katherine Faulders – that published the December 11 grand

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Abbe Lowell, ABC News, Anna Bower, Carol Leonnig, CBS News, CNN, Judge William Porter, Kaitlan Collins, Katherine Faulders, Lawfare, Letitia James, MSNBC, Scott MacFarlaneCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

Lawfare Just Admitted the Leaks Worked in the Letitia James Case

December 19, 2025 / 11 minutes of reading

Molly Roberts says grand jurors were “reading the news.” She’s right. That news was built by 53 federal crimes – and a federal judge just documented the latest one with timestamps. On Friday, Lawfare published Molly Roberts’s analysis of the failed Letitia James indictments. Buried in her conclusion was an admission she didn’t realize she was making: “Grand jurors have

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Abee Lowell, Andrew McCarthy, Judge William Porter, Lawfare, Letitia James, Lindsey Halligan, Molly Roberts, National Review, Roger KellerCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

The Letitia James Grand Jury Leak: 33 Minutes Early. A Federal Judge Put It in Writing.

December 18, 2025 / 4 minutes of reading

A federal judge documented a crime with timestamps. The prosecutor didn’t show up for his own verdict. The court filings tell the story. A federal judge put it in writing. With timestamps. On December 15, 2025, U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter issued an order in the Letitia James case. He didn’t just note that the grand jury result leaked. He

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Judge William Porter, Letitia James, Lindsey Halligan, Roger Keller, Todd BlancheCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

Letitia James Prosecution: How the New York Times Missed the Biggest DOJ Scandal in Modern History

December 15, 2025 / 23 minutes of reading

Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer wrote a ‘Trump fails’ story. The facts they reported tell a story they missed—deliberate sabotage at the highest levels of DOJ. On December 12, 2025, Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer of the New York Times published what they thought was a victory lap about the failed prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James. Instead,

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Abbe Lowell, Alan Feuer, Charles Schumer, Christine Bish, Christopher Sarma, Donald Trump, Ed Martin, Elizabeth Warren, Elizabeth Yusi, Erik Siebert, Glenn Thrush, Hakeem Jeffries, Jamie Raskin, Letitia James, New York Times, Pamela Bondi, Reuters, Robert Garcia, Roger Keller, Sarah Lynch, Todd Blanche, William PulteCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

Letitia James: Open Letter to Congress—Investigate Me Under Oath

December 12, 2025 / 3 minutes of reading

To: The Honorable Jim Jordan, Chairman, House Judiciary Committee The Honorable Chuck Grassley, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee I take full responsibility for publicly documenting Letitia James’s alleged mortgage fraud using public records. In February 2025, I found mortgage irregularities, conflicting state disclosures, and second home violations in public records on James’s Norfolk, Virginia property. I published them on my blog,

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Catherine Cortez Masto, Chris Van Hollen, Chuck Grassley, Elizabeth Warren, Gary C. Peters, Jack Reed, James Comer, Jamie Raskin, Jim Jordan, Letitia James, Lindsey Halligan, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Richard Blumenthal, Richard J. Durbin, Robert Garcia, Roger Keller, Ron Wyden, Sam E. Antar, Sheldon Whitehouse, Tina Smith, William PulteCorruption, Crime