Embattled James Now Faces Calls for Resignation

The Department of Justice’s political weaponization czar has sent a letter to New York Attorney General Letitia James, urging her to step down from her post immediately over a mortgage fraud investigation. Ed Martin, the director of the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group, said that following his advice would be seen as “an act of good faith” from James.

Martin told James’s attorney on Aug. 12 that she would best serve the “good of the state and nation” by resigning, which would then end the probe he started into allegations she committed mortgage fraud. Ironically, that’s the same crime she prosecuted the president for in 2024.

The case involves alleged discrepancies in her Brooklyn townhouse and a home she owns in Virginia, according to Yahoo! News.

“Her resignation from office would give the people of New York and America more peace than proceeding,” Martin wrote in the letter. “I would take this as an act of good faith.”