The Trump administration and the law enforcement community under his watch appear to have found opponents’ legal weak spot: an emerging pattern of mortgage fraud that seems common in the political sphere. The increase in instances, moreover, appears to have turned the tables on a number of prominent Democrats who — in the name of equal justice and saving democracy — pursued legal actions against President Donald Trump while he was out of office.
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Tuesday became the latest and most prominent of Trump’s adversaries to face allegations of wrongdoing, following a finding from Fannie Mae’s financial crimes division that he engaged in an apparent pattern of mortgage fraud. Similar allegations arose against New York Attorney General Letitia James earlier this year. Both were prominent proponents of legal cases against the former president.
The charges, however, may face some complications in light of legal developments in a related case last week. The Biden administration raised the same issue against former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, though the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit overturned her conviction on Friday.
