仅事实
纽约州总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯因抵押贷款欺诈指控被起诉
摘要
弗吉尼亚州联邦大陪审团因抵押贷款欺诈调查，对纽约州总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯提出银行欺诈及向金融机构作虚假陈述的指控。
弗吉尼亚州联邦大陪审团对纽约州总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯提出银行欺诈及向金融机构作虚假陈述的指控。该起诉源于2023年涉及弗吉尼亚州诺福克一处房产的抵押贷款申请，詹姆斯被指虚假陈述该房产的预期用途。检方称她声称该房产将作为她的第二居所，但实际上将其出租，从中获得租金收入及有利的贷款条件等经济利益。
此次法律行动发生在前总统唐纳德·特朗普公开呼吁起诉其政治对手之后。特朗普在社交媒体上敦促总检察长帕姆·邦迪对詹姆斯、前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米及其他人采取行动。
詹姆斯此前与特朗普关系紧张，曾领导针对特朗普及其房地产企业的民事欺诈诉讼，导致对方被判处巨额经济赔偿。针对起诉，詹姆斯表示：“这不过是总统绝望地将我们的司法系统武器化的延续。”
美国公民自由联盟（ACLU）和纽约公民自由联盟（NYCLU）批评此次起诉，称其为“公然滥用权力”，试图“将我国司法系统武器化以解决个人恩怨”。
詹姆斯定于10月24日首次出庭。
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