Grand jury denies new indictment of Trump prosecutor Letitia James

When the first grand jury indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James fell apart, Bondi had a decision to make.

She could appeal a decision where she knew she would lose. She could just let the case go. Or she could refile charges.

She chose the latter, and she was just denied by the grand jury.

The Case is Tossed

Trump can tell you all he wants that he had nothing to do with the James Comey and Letitia James indictments, but that is where this pressure to prosecute came from.

They came after him, and he was going to return the favor.

When U.S. Attorney Erik Seibert declined to prosecute because he said there was not strong enough evidence to win the case, Trump pressured him to leave, and Seibert resigned.

This led to the appointment of Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, an appointment that was illegal because two appointments were being made for the same position within 120 days.

So, when Halligan filed her indictment, technically, she had no legal right to do so since her appointment was legally invalid. And that is why the charges were dismissed.

The James Case

The more I dug into the James case, the more I realized why Seibert did not want to prosecute the case.

The entire case relied on forms filled out by James, where she claimed she would be the primary resident, using this as a second dwelling. It was later revealed that her niece was the primary resident, so James would have received an illegal tax break for the filing status, hence the allegations of mortgage fraud.

What we did not find out until we really dug into the case was that James had amended the original paperwork to reflect that her niece would be the one living there. But from the reports I read, Halligan did not present that information to the grand jury.

James’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, addressed this, stating, "As I have set forth, the exhibits Director Pulte included with his letter are notable for the fact that he omitted numerous other records (some of which we have included) which refute the allegations of impropriety, and make clear that a mistake on one line had no significance.

"If there is anything that you believe I have not addressed in the real facts and documents provided, please let me know. Otherwise, we would expect a quick response confirming that this referral matter has been closed by the Department."

Denied

When the case was dismissed the first time, I wrote that I thought the judge did Attorney General Pam Bondi a favor because I did not see any way she would win this case.

Now, after having decided to refile the charges, the grand jury had denied an indictment, which is embarrassing for Bondi and will surely make Trump livid.

This could wind up being a death sentence for Bondi because Trump really wanted to see James crucified in court. But the bottom line here is that the original referral was flawed by William Pulte, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

To be blunt, he either missed, hid, or lied about the information to gain favor with Trump, but in the process, he hung the DOJ out to dry in an unwinnable case.

Trump told him to find a way to take down James, so he did. And it may have just cost Pam Bondi her job because I would imagine Trump is not going to be happy about this at all. But I would tell Trump to count to 10 and fire Pulte instead for referring a bogus case.