"On Friday, Erik Siebert, the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), resigned his office. Trump had been grumbling for weeks about "his" US Attorneys refusing to indict his political enemies. And that's even after Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, went spelunking through decades of mortgage records looking for any discrepancy that might be spun up into a federal case against people who were mean to Trump. Unfair!"
"Incident to the sale, James executed a power of attorney in favor of her niece, and the document inaccurately described the house as a primary residence. ABC reports that the power of attorney was prepared by title attorneys (and not James) from an uncorrected template, and that it was never even seen by the mortgage company. The rest of the deed and mortgage documents accurately reflected that the home would not be a primary residence."
"But Pulte is not a lawyer, and Erik Siebert is. In fact, Siebert spent 15 years at the Department of Justice in the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) and was elevated to serve as interim US Attorney when his predecessor Jessica Aber resigned in January. Under 28 USC § 546, an interim appointment expires after 120 days, after which the district's judges may appoint a successor who can serve indefinitely until a new US Attorney is named."
An EDVA U.S. Attorney resigned after declining to pursue mortgage-fraud charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James based on an inaccurately described power of attorney. The power-of-attorney form was prepared by title attorneys from an uncorrected template and was never seen by the mortgage company, while the deed and mortgage documents indicated the house was not a primary residence. FHFA head Bill Pulte amplified allegations via social media and Fox News. The interim U.S. Attorney had 15 years' DOJ experience and was unanimously appointed by EDVA judges after his 120-day interim term expired.
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