Trump admin releases shockingly low number of illegal aliens compared to Biden years: ‘Unprecedented’
President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan touted how the administration has released a shockingly low number of illegal aliens, during a 100-day press conference at the White House on Monday. Homan noted that the nine illegal aliens in comparison to hundreds, if not thousands, of releases in a single day under the Biden administration, as well as times when there were over 10,000 migrant encounters in places like Eagle Pass, Texas, is a huge accomplishment. “We have the most secure border in the history of this nation, and the numbers prove it. President Trump’s policies are saving lives every day,” Homan said. TRUMP’S BORDER CZAR TELLS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS THAT ICE WILL TRACK THEM DOWN “This success is unprecedented,” he continued. As for the nine who were released, the border czar explained the rare circumstances. “Four of them were material witnesses in a criminal investigation. We needed them here to testify in a serious criminal trial. Four was extreme medical condition. We couldn’t return them because we were in such bad shape. And one was a humanitarian issue,” Homan said about the nine releases, as the number has been public for some time. Fox News reported that on Dec. 22, 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection data indicated that there were 4,832 illegal aliens released on that day alone. On that same day, there were just under 9,000 migrant encounters. WHITE HOUSE TOUTS 100-DAY ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN AFTER BIDEN ‘UNSECURED THE BORDER ON PURPOSE’ At the ports of entry, there were 1,400 releases that day as a result of the CBP One app, which has since been changed to the CBP Home app. The CBP One app was a way for people seeking to enter the country to get prompted for the next steps, whereas the CBP Home app is meant for those in the country illegally to self-deport. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE IMMIGRATION COVERAGE Later on Monday, Trump is expected to sign executive orders cracking down on sanctuary cities, which limit the ability of federal authorities to work with state and local law enforcement on some immigration matters. Migrant encounters at the border have plummeted since the change in administration, with just over 7,000 marked by CBP in March. TOM HOMAN DECLARES THAT “CATCH AND RELEASE IS OVER” “U.S. Border Patrol’s apprehensions along the southwest border for the entire month of March 2025 were lower than the first two days of March 2024,” Pete Flores, acting commissioner of CBP, said in a statement on April 14. “This is a testament to the tireless dedication and vigilant service of the men and women of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, who work every day to keep our country safe. Their commitment on the front lines plays a vital role in securing our borders and protecting American communities.”
US strikes kill hundreds of Houthi fighters, hit over 800 Red Sea targets: Central Command
The U.S. military has pummeled over 800 targets since mid-March in a campaign aimed at eliminating Houthi terrorists and restoring freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, according to an update from Central Command. Since the start of “Operation Rough Rider” on March 15, U.S. forces have executed an “intense and sustained campaign” to dismantle the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist organization’s capabilities, CENTCOM said Monday. The strikes have destroyed critical military infrastructure, including command centers, air defense systems, advanced weapons manufacturing sites and stockpiles of anti-ship missiles and drones. “These strikes have killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders, including senior Houthi missile and UAV officials,” the statement read. The Houthis’ ability to launch attacks on international shipping has taken a major hit. U.S. officials say ballistic missile launches have dropped by 69%, while attacks by one-way suicide drones have fallen by 55% since the operation began. TRUMP SAYS HE’LL BE ‘LEADING THE PACK’ TO WAR WITH IRAN IF DEAL PROSPECTS WHITHER AWAY The Ras Isa Port – previously a key Houthi fueling hub – was also destroyed, cutting off a vital revenue stream the group used to fund its terror activities. The update came after concerns over the rapid rate at which the offensive campaign has depleted munitions stockpiles, and congressional officials say the campaign has already cost over $1 billion, the New York Times first reported. The Houthis have said they will continue to lob projectiles and launch drones toward Western commercial and military ships in the Red Sea in a show of solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza and Hamas. Sunday’s update was the first after six weeks of bombing on how many targets had been struck. It did not reveal how many civilians had been killed or the cost of the campaign. The U.S. now has two aircraft carriers in the region and has sent in new fighter, bomber and air defense units. NEW NAVY CHIEF ‘REGRETS’ COSTLY MISSILE INTERCEPTORS AGAINST HOUTHIS, PUSHES FOR CHEAPER RED SEA DEFENSE “To preserve operational security, we have intentionally limited disclosing details of our ongoing or future operations. We are very deliberate in our operational approach, but will not reveal specifics about what we’ve done or what we will do,” the statement read. Despite U.S. claims of success, some lawmakers and military analysts have questioned whether the strikes are achieving lasting results. Critics argue that while the campaign has degraded some Houthi capabilities, it has not fully stopped attacks on shipping vessels, U.S. Navy ships, or international maritime traffic. “We will continue to ratchet up the pressure until the objective is met, which remains the restoration of freedom of navigation and American deterrence in the region,” the statement said. The Houthi offensive was at the center of a bombshell report on a Signal group of top Trump Cabinet officials who used the chat to discuss details and, in the case of Vice President JD Vance, air complaints about the planned strikes. “I think we are making a mistake,” Vance wrote in the Signal chat, later published by The Atlantic. “I am not sure the president is aware how inconsistent this is with his message on Europe right now.” The commercial ships being attacked in the Red Sea are largely European.
Texas poised to ask voters to approve $3 billion to study dementia
The measure was briefly delayed by Democrats’ efforts to block the voucher program, but eventually passed with bipartisan support.
Photo shows Milwaukee judge’s courtroom door with notice to anyone who ‘feels unsafe’
A Milwaukee judge arrested Friday for allegedly hiding a previously deported illegal immigrant in her jury room had a notice posted to her courtroom door for people who feel “unsafe” coming to the courthouse, Fox News learned Monday. The notice posted to Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan’s courtroom door was dated April 14, four days before she allegedly helped Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, an illegal immigrant, and his attorney leave the courthouse to evade ICE agents, Fox News observed. The notice states: “ATTENTION – IF ANY ATTORNEY, WITNESS COORDINATOR, OR OTHER COURT OFFICIAL KNOWS OR BELIEVES THAT A PERSON FEELS UNSAFE COMING TO THE COURTHOUSE TO COURTROOM 615, PLEASE NOTIFY THE BRANCH 31 CLERK TO REQUEST COURT APPEARANCE VIA ZOOM.” Dugan was arrested and charged with obstruction of an official proceeding after evidence came to light that she had shielded Flores-Ruiz from ICE agents, according to a criminal complaint. She was also charged with concealing an individual to prevent discovery and arrest. WISCONSIN JUDGE THREATENS COURTROOM BOYCOTT OVER HANNAH DUGAN ARREST Federal agents from ICE, FBI, CBP and DEA attempted to arrest Flores-Ruiz, an undocumented Mexican national, following his scheduled criminal court appearance before Dugan on April 18 to face three misdemeanor battery charges for allegedly beating two people. WISCONSIN JUDGE’S ARREST BLASTED BY DEMOCRATS WHO PREVIOUSLY CLAIMED ‘NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW’ IN TRUMP CASES Dugan demanded that the officers proceed to the chief judge’s office and – after his hearing ended – escorted Flores-Ruiz and his attorney out a restricted jury door, bypassing the public area where agents were waiting, in order to help him avoid arrest, per the complaint. Dugan was taken into custody by the FBI on Friday morning on the courthouse grounds, according to U.S. Marshals Service spokesperson Brady McCarron. She appeared briefly in federal court in Milwaukee later Friday before being released from custody. Dugan is not overseeing any cases and a reserve judge is taking over her cases while her own case plays out. Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Trump backs local police in new executive order, rebukes Democrat crime policies that sowed ‘chaos’ across US
President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order backing local police departments with federal support in a rejection of left-wing “soft-on-crime policies” that “have fueled chaos” and caused Americans to live in fear, Fox News Digital learned. On Monday, Trump is expected to sign an executive order that aims to “empower state and local law enforcement with federal resources, focus federal prosecutions on high-impact crimes, protect law-abiding Americans, and pursue legal remedies against obstructive state or local officials,” a senior White House official shared with Fox News Digital Monday morning. The order instructs Attorney General Pam Bondi to implement a handful of policies and initiatives to bolster police departments, including creating an avenue that provides legal resources to officers “facing unjust expenses from official duties;” increasing “surplus military assets for local law enforcement and evaluate their use in crime prevention;” ensuring racial discrimination investigations in law enforcement rely on direct evidence only; maximizing federal resources to boost pay for cops and to improve training and a review federal consent decrees. Crime rocked the nation from coast-to-coast in 2020, as riots protesting the death of George Floyd broke out and activists demanded police departments be defunded, simultaneously to Americans abiding lockdown orders amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which upended daily life. ILLINOIS ENDING CASH BAIL A ‘BACKDOOR’ DEFUND MOVEMENT THAT WILL SPARK POLICE EXODUS: EXPERTS Communities across the country witnessed a violent crime spike in 2020, with murders increasing by nearly 30% compared to the year prior, according to FBI data. It marked the largest single-year increase in killings since the agency began tracking the crimes. Experts who spoke to Fox News Digital at the height of the 2020-era crime wave pointed to an array of variables that have likely contributed to the increases since 2020, including: anti-police rhetoric voiced by Black Lives Matter and defund the police proponents, the pandemic, a culture of lawlessness promoted by liberal district attorneys, and the “Ferguson effect” — named after the high-profile Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, and referring to when police pull back from proactive patrolling when violent crimes spike. Amid the pandemic and riots of 2020, left-wing cities moved to defund police departments as activists demanded an overhaul of the justice system, including installing community-based policing over employing officers, following Floyd’s death and other Black Americans who died in police custody. Officers filed for early retirement, changed careers or moved to police jurisdictions that backed cops in the face of the anti-police rhetoric, while morale plummeted among the ranks and departments reported severe understaffing issues. MASSIVE INCREASE IN BLACK AMERICANS MURDERED WAS RESULT OF DEFUND POLICE MOVEMENT: EXPERTS The crime wave continued in the following years, as California faced repeated smash-and-grab robberies at swank department stores in 2022 and 2023, car thefts at the hands of youths and adults rocked cities such as Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia in 2022, and chain stores and mom-and-pop shops fled high-crime areas in cities such as San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and elsewhere in 2021 and the following years. 2ND AMENDMENT STEPS IN AFTER COPS STEP BACK IN WAKE OF DEFUND MOVEMENT IN CHICAGO Details on the upcoming executive order shared with Fox Digital took specific issues with local “soft-on-crime policies” that have sowed “chaos,” such as sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants, cities that “ignore shoplifting, vagrancy, and urban encampments,” and recent bail reform initiatives that do not require suspects charged with crimes to post bail in order to leave jail while they await trial. POLICE VOTE KEY TO ELECTION AS COPS WEIGH ‘LAWLESSNESS VS LAW AND ORDER’ ON BALLOT: RETIRED CHIEF The executive order instead will work to fulfill Trump’s Make America Safe Again 2024 campaign promise, following other safety-focused executive actions such as securing the border and combating antisemitism that ran rampant on college campuses following the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel in October 2023, Fox Digital learned. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “President Trump’s Executive Order empowers law enforcement to restore law and order,” according to the White House. “Millions of Americans live in fear, worried that surging crime will destroy their lives, homes, or businesses.”
GOP races against clock as Senate, House remain trillions of dollars apart on Trump’s tax bill
House Republicans are rushing to get started on a multitrillion-dollar bill to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda, with their own leader’s self-imposed deadline less than a month away. Lawmakers on five different committees are huddling within their panels this week to debate and advance specific aspects of what will become one massive piece of legislation House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has said he wants to get a bill on Trump’s desk by Memorial Day – a goal he’s still optimistic about, despite a host of challenges that Republicans will need to get through before the finish line. Meanwhile, the Senate and House appear to still be far apart on their expected timelines and how much money they’re aiming to spend. MEET THE TRUMP-PICKED LAWMAKERS GIVING SPEAKER JOHNSON A FULL HOUSE GOP CONFERENCE “This is not just a preference we have, this is a necessity,” Johnson told Fox News Digital about the Memorial Day deadline in an interview on Friday. “We have the debt limit X-date approaching, and as everybody knows, border security resources dwindling, we’ve got markets in flux, we’ve got, of course, the living threat of the largest tax increase on working families in history.” Republicans are seeking to fit Trump’s priorities on energy, defense, border security and taxes into the bill, as well as raise the debt ceiling – another item the president specifically asked GOP lawmakers to deal with. Johnson pointed out that the U.S. is fast approaching its deadline to act on the debt ceiling or risk a national credit default – which would send financial markets into a tailspin. The federal government is expected to hit that deadline sometime this spring or summer, according to differing projections. “I’ve got to work on the assumption that it’ll be sooner, it may be as early as June,” Johnson said. “I can’t control what happens in the Senate, but I think they have the same sense of urgency, so I think that we’re on target to get it by Memorial Day or shortly thereafter.” A Senate GOP leadership aide appeared less optimistic, however. They told Fox News Digital that Republicans in the upper chamber shared the goal of moving as quickly as possible but acknowledged “the reality” of differing procedures in the House and Senate. The House’s framework for the legislation passed first and called for at least $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion in spending cuts to offset a portion of the $4.5 trillion allocated toward Trump’s tax agenda. The Senate later passed an amended version that called for a minimum of $4 billion in spending cuts. House Republicans narrowly swallowed that framework to align with the Senate – a key step before the relevant committees noted in the framework can begin crafting policies within their jurisdictions, to later be filled into the final bill. A revolt against that bill by an unlikely faction of well-known GOP rebels and leaders on the House Budget Committee prompted Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to publicly pledge to have the Senate aim for $1.5 trillion in spending cuts. But on paper, they’re still far apart, and there’s a significant contingent in the House and Senate who are wary of cutting funding for critical programs like Medicaid and Medicare. SENATE GOP PUSHES TRUMP BUDGET FRAMEWORK THROUGH AFTER MARATHON VOTE SERIES “The fight is between the House, that wants to add $2.8 trillion on the debt, and the Senate, that wants to add $5.8 trillion on the debt,” said Marc Goldwein, senior vice president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB). “So I’m not optimistic that we’re going to reduce the debt. I am somewhat optimistic that we’re going to get closer to what the House wants, which would be much better.” But a significant amount – about $880 billion – of spending cuts outlined in the House GOP framework come from the House Energy & Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over Medicare and Medicaid. Estimates have shown that the committee will not be able to complete those cuts without cutting into those programs, but Republican leaders have insisted they’re only looking to root out “waste, fraud and abuse.” Republicans are looking to pass their legislation via the budget reconciliation process. The mechanism allows the party in power to pass massive policy overhauls while entirely sidelining the opposing party by dropping the Senate’s threshold for passage from 60 votes to 51. The House already operates on a simple majority threshold. The House committees set to meet this week to mark up their reconciliation bills are the Homeland Security, Oversight, Education & Workforce, and Financial Services. Issues that are expected to be more divisive – like portions from the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Ways and Means Committee, which writes tax policy – will be visited next week.
COVID crackdown: Republicans seek to defund universities still requiring vaccine
FIRST ON FOX: Lawmakers will put forward a bill Monday to put the force of law behind President Donald Trump‘s executive order prohibiting federal funds from going to colleges that still mandate a coronavirus vaccine jab. Reps. Mark Messmer, R-Ind., and August Pfluger, R-Texas, will file the No Vaccine Mandates in Higher Education Act, chiefly noting that former President Joe Biden ended the official national emergency for COVID-19 in April 2023. In comments to Fox News Digital, Pfluger said the pandemic “opened Pandora’s Box to a lengthy list of overreaching policies and mandates from the government, institutions, and companies alike.” “As we work to restore common sense and liberties back to the American people, I am proud to co-lead this legislation to ensure universities can no longer force their students to have the COVID-19 vaccine,” he said. FIVE YEARS AFTER COVID LOCKDOWNS: THE 5 MOST BIZARRE ‘STOP THE SPREAD’ MOMENTS The bill reads that “no federal funds may be made available to any institution of higher education that requires its students or staff to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of enrollment or employment, or receiving any benefit, service, or contract.” In February, Trump wrote critically that some institutions are “conditioning their education” based on undergoing the COVID jab. “Parents and young adults should be empowered with accurate data regarding the remote risks of serious illness associated with COVID-19 for children and young adults, as well as how those risks can be mitigated through various measures, and left free to make their own decisions accordingly,” Trump wrote in his order. “Given the incredibly low risk of serious COVID-19 illness for children and young adults, threatening to shut them out of an education is an intolerable infringement on personal freedom. Such mandates usurp parental authority and burden students of many faiths.” By Monday afternoon, the bill had garnered several more co-sponsors including Reps. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., Stephanie Bice, R-Okla., Barry Moore, R-Ala., Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., Andrew Clyde, R-Ga. and John Rose, R-Tenn. ‘CUOMO CHIP’ LOOPHOLE CRUMBLES AS NY NOW WANTS ‘SUBSTANTIAL FOOD’ SOLD WITH BOOZE A February survey by Best Colleges listed 15 schools nationwide, particularly in California, Georgia and Pennsylvania, still had their COVID vaccine requirements intact. During the federal coronavirus emergency, some universities, including Columbia in New York City, required not only the COVID-19 vaccine, but the ensuing boosters as well for at least some portions of their student population. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP In Columbia’s case, proof of booster doses were required for study-abroad students, according to a 2022 notice from the Ivy League institution. Princeton University in New Jersey required boosters for its 2022 on-campus semester. “Compliance with the vaccine policy is necessary to maintain prox access to campus facilities and to continue student progress to degree,” a statement from that semester read. Weekly PCR testing for COVID-19 was also mandatory for a time at Cornell University in upstate New York.
Illinois gov calls for mass protests against Trump admin: GOP ‘cannot know a moment of peace’
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, called for mass protests during a speech in New Hampshire on Sunday. The governor declared that President Donald Trump and the individuals “he has elevated” are “an affront to every value this country was founded upon.” “Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption — but I am now,” he declared. 2028 AUDITIONS FOR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION KICK OFF AS BLUE-STATE GOVERNOR VISITS KEY EARLY STATE “These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace. They have to understand that we will fight their cruelty with every megaphone and microphone that we have. We must castigate them on the soapbox and then punish them at the ballot box. They must feel in their bones … that we will relegate their portraits to the museum halls reserved for tyrants and traitors.” Donald Trump Jr. asked if the governor was aiming to inspire another attempted assassination of his father. CHICAGO RESIDENTS BLAST A POSSIBLE PRITZKER PRESIDENTIAL RUN: ‘NO CHANCE TO WIN’ “Are you trying to inspire a 3rd assassination attempt on my dad? Two wasn’t enough for you?” he wrote in a post on X. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., declared in a tweet, “We welcome the Republican refugees from the Land of Lincoln suffering under the tyranny of the Pritzker regime to the free state of Missouri!” ILLINOIS GOV. JB PRITZKER MOVES TO BOYCOTT EL SALVADOR FOR AIDING TRUMP OVER KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA’S DETENTION Pritzker has served as governorof the state since early 2019.
Senate puts Trump team in place, sets up agenda fight after 100-day sprint
The Senate, by its own standards, is concluding one of its most productive periods in recent history at the close of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days. The Republican-controlled Senate, which returned from a two-week recess on Monday, confirmed all of Trump’s top nominees, including controversial picks like Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. WHITE SMOKE: BOEHNER’S ENCOUNTER WITH POPE FRANCIS CHANGED CONGRESS FOREVER The Senate worked for 13 of the first 14 weeks, concluding its longest consecutive session in 15 years. It confirmed 53 of Trump’s nominees — outpacing President Joe Biden’s 2021 confirmation rate and surpassing 2017’s pace. DEMOCRAT’S IDENTITY CRISIS: YOUTH REVOLT ROCKS PARTY AFTER TRUMP COMEBACK Despite significant procedural hurdles from Democrats, many nominees received bipartisan support. The GOP Senate also adopted two frameworks for Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” However, only five bills passed into law, partly due to Trump’s reliance on executive orders and the Senate’s focus on confirming his team. Two notable laws were passed: one to avert a government shutdown and the Laken Riley Act.
Ethics complaint against Letitia James calls for NY state courts to investigate Trump admin fraud claims
New York Attorney General Letitia James is the subject of a new state-level ethics complaint filed by pro-Trump legal nonprofit America First Legal (AFL). The AFL complaint filed last week adds to the recent woes for James, who’s also facing a criminal referral from the Trump administration related to accusations of mortgage fraud. “For a state prosecutor who has maligned the President of the United States for political gain, public accountability will serve as a cure to Letitia James’ endless lawfare and abuse of power,” AFL Vice President Dan Epstein said in a statement to Fox News Digital. The complaint was filed with the New York State Unified Court System’s Committee on Professional Standards, the state-level entity that handles discipline matters for attorneys whose principal office is in the Albany region. The complaint requests that the attorney grievance committee open an investigation into James over accusations of mortgage fraud levied against her earlier this month by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). COUSIN OF INFAMOUS FRAUDSTER ‘CRAZY EDDIE’ OUT TO BRING DOWN TRUMP NEMESIS NY AG LETITIA JAMES Those accusations were published in a criminal referral sent earlier this month to the Department of Justice by FHFA Director William Pulte. In the referral, Pulte accused James of falsifying mortgage records to obtain more favorable loans. “If what Director Pulte uncovered is true, then we have a sitting state Attorney General who made false certifications to the United States in return for federal benefits,” Epstein said. James’ actions violate the New York State Bar Association’s rules of professional conduct, according to AFL’s complaint. Those rules prohibit lawyers from engaging in “illegal conduct” that can adversely impact the lawyer’s honesty and trustworthiness. It also bars conduct that may not be deemed “illegal,” but that involves dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation. The New York Attorney General’s Office has hired high-powered attorney Abbe Lowell to defend James. LETITIA JAMES REAPS WHAT SHE SOWS AFTER LEVELING ‘LAUGHABLE’ CASE AT TRUMP: EXPERT Local reporting from the Times Union said the attorney general’s office indicated the decision to hire Lowell was, in part, based on their allegation that the Trump administration is pushing a politically motivated criminal referral in response to James bringing a civil case against Donald Trump last year for allegedly inflating asset values to obtain favorable loans. “I’m always amazed at the rank hypocrisy of politicians who are quick to accuse others of what they’re guilty of doing themselves,” Fox News legal analyst Greg Jarrett said. “James famously intoned to Trump that ‘no one is above the law’ and that he was ultimately responsible legally for documents prepared by others. “Unlike Trump, James is a lawyer. She knew or should have known, better than a lay person, that those documents were inaccurate and apparently false. She’s on record stating that accuracy in such financial records is essential and must be strictly enforced.” When reached for comment, the attorney general’s office directed Fox News Digital to Lowell’s response letter to the FHFA’s criminal referral. In his letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Lowell called the referral against James “the latest act of improper political retribution” from Trump. “The stunning hypocrisy of President Trump’s complaint that the Justice Department had been ‘politicized’ and ‘weaponized’ against him is laid bare as he and others in his administration are now asking you to undertake the very same practice,” Lowell wrote. NY AG LETITIA JAMES’ LAWYER SENDS LETTER TO AG PAM BONDI Lowell also disputed some of the allegations, including that James listed a home in Virginia as her primary residence while serving as a state official in New York. According to Lowell, James had no intention of using the property as a primary residence, and her indication of this in a power-of-attorney letter was a mistake. Lowell pointed out there were other documents where James indicated to her lender that the Virginia home would not be her primary residence. A second accusation of fraud against James accuses her of inflating the number of livable units in a multifamily Brooklyn residence to receive better interest rates. Lowell, however, alleges that Pulte is disregarding updated documentation listing the residence as a four-unit multifamily residence, and instead pointing to a certificate of occupancy from 2001. Fox News Digital reached out to the New York State Unified Court System handling the AFL’s bar complaint to inquire about potential next steps and disciplinary actions but did not receive a response by publication time. Fox News Digital also reached out to the New York State Bar Association, but the group declined to comment, citing the fact the N.Y. courts system is the body that handles attorney discipline and will be the entity adjudicating AFL’s complaint.