Top Trump housing official issues new criminal referral for New York AG Letitia James | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump’s top housing official Bill Pulte issued two new criminal referrals for New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday, attempting to revive the administration’s ongoing legal pursuit of one of his political opponents. According to a person familiar with the matter, Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, issued two referrals to the Justice Department, one to the US Attorney for Northern District of Illinois and another to the US Attorney for Southern District of Florida. Both alleged “suspected homeowners insurance fraud.” One referral alleges James “may have defrauded” an “Illinois-based company, Allstate” when she submitted a homeowners insurance application for her Norfolk, Virginia, property. The other alleges she may have done so on her homeowners insurance application to a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based company, Universal Property Insurance. Both referrals cite posts on X by Mike Davis, a longtime Trump legal adviser. A DOJ spokesperson told CNN, “The Department of Justice can confirm that referrals were received by our US Attorney Offices.” An attorney for James, Abbe Lowell, accused the administration of c