Donald Trump and Bill Pulte’s mortgage-fraud fraud

Even before my previous column about the Trump administration’s “mortgage fraud” allegations against Letitia James, I knew many folks in the real estate industry despised the New York attorney general. Their low opinion of her has since become even more obvious as some cheered President Donald Trump’s revenge play, or argued that James had actually committed a crime. Some advice: When you’re in a hole, stop digging. More details have emerged showing just how weak the “mortgage fraud” claim is. It is beyond flimsy. I would call it laughable, except there is nothing really funny about a president fabricating criminal […] This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.