From the Daily Caller: Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett explained Thursday how Democrat Attorney General of New York Letitia James incriminated herself.
A federal grand jury in Virginia handed down charges against James on Thursday after prosecutors led by Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan brought the case forward. Appearing on “Hannity,” Jarrett said James effectively trapped herself in her own legal standards. This, after reports indicated she falsely listed her Virginia property as her primary residence to qualify for better mortgage rates while holding office.
“It is not a defense if the charges are justified, as I think they may be. She’ll also claim, of course, ‘Oh, it’s a big misunderstanding, paperwork snafu, somebody else is to blame.’ But under her own stated standard in the Trump case, she declared that is never an excuse. So she’s hoisted on her own petard, as Shakespeare would say in Hamlet,” Jarrett told host Sean Hannity.
Jarrett said that the case against James rests squarely on the paperwork she personally executed.
Noting the seriousness of the charges, Jarrett explained, “You cannot claim an occupied residence, get a lower mortgage rate, and then rent it out. You’re cheating the lender by lying, and James actually incriminated herself. Both her mortgage and her insurance documents said she occupied it, but on an IRS records form she admitted it was purely a rental with zero personal occupancy.”
Jarrett made it clear that James has created her own problems, and that she has little room for defense.
“Predictably, today she just whined that the law is being weaponized against her. Spare me the moral outrage. It was phony. She was the one who campaigned on the promise to get Trump, then conjured up that ludicrous case only to get slapped down by the appellate court in an epic embarrassment,” Jarrett said. “I think he or she’s going to do exactly what James Comey is doing, claim selective, vindictive prosecution, try to get the case dismissed, avoid trial entirely. But, you know, under the law the burden shifts to her to prove by clear evidence that the case has an unjustifiable motive,” he said.
Law professor Jonathan Turley also appeared in the segment, and said, “This is the ultimate example of karma.” However, he warned that James may escape justice, as she will have the advantage of a “very friendly jury pool” in liberal New York.
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