From Fox News: U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert is being pushed out of his role as the top prosecutor of the Eastern District of Virginia, a move that comes as some Trump administration officials are seeking to bring charges in that district against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Siebert’s perceived unwillingness to bring charges against James, one of Trump’s top political nemeses, is the main reason for his ouster, according to multiple sources who spoke to Fox News.
Siebert, who has worked in the Eastern District of Virginia since 2010, has not yet been confirmed in the Senate and was on track to be. Now, according to one of the sources, the White House has told Siebert to resign or be fired.
A housing and finance banker familiar with the investigation into James told Fox News the mortgage fraud case against her is viable and that she is under scrutiny for, in at least one instance, declaring an investment property she owns as her primary or secondary residence, which would give her better loan terms.
ABC News first reported on the Trump administration’s plans to fire Siebert, but claimed that “investigators were unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James.”
Presenting the case from a far-left angle, ABC News wrote:
Federal prosecutors in Virginia had uncovered no clear evidence to prove that James had knowingly committed mortgage fraud when she purchased a home in the state in 2023, ABC News first reported earlier this week, but Trump officials pushed U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert to nevertheless bring criminal charges against her, according to sources.
However, fraud investigator Sam Antar, who first exposed James’s mortgage fraud allegations, has responded by posting evidence he said ABC is completely ignoring. Antar wrote:
NEW INVESTIGATION: Federal Prosecutors Have Everything They Need to Convict Letitia James – So Why Won’t Erik Siebert Act? The Evidence ABC News Won’t Report
FULL INVESTIGATION WITH RECEIPTS:
➡️ https://whitecollarfraud.com/2025/09/19/federal-prosecutors-have-everything-they-need-to-convict-letitia-james-so-why-wont-erik-siebert-act-the-evidence-abc-news-wont-report/
ABC reports U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert declined to charge James despite a 5-month investigation finding evidence. Here’s what ABC deliberately omitted:
THE SMOKING GUN TIMELINE:
✖️Aug 2, 2023: James emails broker “This property WILL NOT be my primary residence”
✖️Aug 3, 2023: Broker confirms James as “non-occupying co-borrower” – loan documents reflect the truth
✖️Aug 17, 2023: James signs sworn Power of Attorney: “I HEREBY DECLARE that I intend to occupy this property as my principal residence”
✔️15 days from truth to lie. Same federal transaction. Written proof of premeditated perjury.
✔️Document was signed weeks before Trump trial.
THE GOVERNMENT WITNESSES ABC IGNORED: Jennifer Levy (First Deputy AG) and Sharona Parchment (AG staff) witnessed James sign the false declaration under penalty of perjury. New York’s top prosecutors watched their boss commit federal perjury.
THE 20-YEAR PATTERN ABC WON’T REPORT: Brooklyn property (296 Lafayette Ave): Legal 5-unit building since 2001. Certificate of Occupancy on file. But every mortgage (10 of them) for 20+ years reports it as 1-4 units.
ABC focused only on Virginia to make this seem isolated. It’s not. It’s a 40-year criminal enterprise.
THE LEGAL STANDARD IS CLEAR: Supreme Court in Wells (1997): Crime complete when false statement made “for purpose of influencing.” No proof of reliance required.
DOJ convicted Muhammad (2019) for identical conduct with weaker evidence. Siebert has written confession, government witnesses, and decades of documented fraud.
THE SUPREME HYPOCRISY ABC BURIED: James claims prosecutions are “rare, rare, rare” while she used Executive Law § 63(12) against Trump – a statute experts called “seldom used” and “never been used in the way it is being used.”
She weaponized a virtually never-used 1956 statute while claiming federal criminal law is “too rare” for her.
JAMES’S EVOLVING LIES:
✖️June: “I signed it electronically” (Document shows handwritten signature)
✖️ June: “It’s at the bottom” (False declaration in MIDDLE of page)
✖️September: “You need intent” (Her email provides written intent)
✖️September: “It’s rarely prosecuted” (Muhammad proves otherwise)
THE BOTTOM LINE: Siebert assembled overwhelming evidence:
✓ Written confession (Aug 2 email)
✓ False sworn declaration (Aug 17 POA)
✓ Government witnesses (Levy/Parchment)
✓ 40-year criminal pattern across three properties
The law is clear. The precedent exists. ABC won’t report it.
James demanded equal justice: “There cannot be different rules for different people. No one is above the law.”
Time to apply her own standard.
NEW INVESTIGATION: Federal Prosecutors Have Everything They Need to Convict Letitia James – So Why Won’t Erik Siebert Act? The Evidence ABC News Won’t Report
FULL INVESTIGATION WITH RECEIPTS:
➡️ https://t.co/tlgIzFnxJcABC reports U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert declined to charge… pic.twitter.com/KQyeMo7AXr
— Sam E. Antar (@SamAntar) September 19, 2025
Meanwhile, ABC News is continuing to push out the claim that prosecutors were unable to find any evidence of mortgage fraud against James.
President Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after his office was unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to sources.https://t.co/A7fIej2w0W pic.twitter.com/JF1b4PTuv8
— ABC News (@ABC) September 19, 2025
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