Public records show $2.38 million in Hochul campaign refunds corresponding to gifts the state Democratic Party reported from the same donors. About $2.13 million was recorded by September 25, when the party made the first of two transfers totaling $16.5 million to Hochul. The records raise a question: did refunded contributions help fund the campaign through the party? New York
Pick any year. The answer doesn’t change. Every year since 2018, Black New Yorkers have appeared as victims of murder, rape, robbery and felony assault combined at more than four times the White rate in NYPD’s own complaint records. Hispanic New Yorkers: roughly three times. For murder, it’s worse. In every full year from 2018 through 2025, Black New Yorkers
Letitia James, the elected Attorney General of New York, used the official press office of her own agency — paid for by New York taxpayers, staffed by named state employees including her communications director and her Press Secretaries, conducted through official state communications channels and staff resources — to respond to press inquiries about personal conduct that was the subject
The federal indictment was dismissed. Two grand juries declined to indict. The prosecutors who built the case were gone. By any measure, Letitia James had survived the worst of it. On May 13, 2026, she signed her annual financial disclosure under oath and hand-delivered it to the state ethics commission. This is the same document her office told the public
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Corruption, CrimeEvery major development in the Letitia James case broke through one reporter. Every leak of non-public information helped the defense. Yesterday, I published “96 Minutes: The Letitia James Grand Jury Leaks Were Worse Than Reported.” I documented how two grand juries – one that chose secrecy, one that chose transparency – both had their decisions leaked to the same ABC
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Corruption, Crime, Media PlaybookTwo grand juries. Two different choices about disclosure. Neither controlled their own narrative. The leakers did. Last week, I published “The Letitia James Grand Jury Leak: 33 Minutes Early. A Federal Judge Put It in Writing.” I documented how Judge Porter cited a 4:06 PM ABC News article – authored by Katherine Faulders – that published the December 11 grand
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Corruption, Crime, Media PlaybookMolly Roberts says grand jurors were “reading the news.” She’s right. That news was built by 53 federal crimes – and a federal judge just documented the latest one with timestamps. On Friday, Lawfare published Molly Roberts’s analysis of the failed Letitia James indictments. Buried in her conclusion was an admission she didn’t realize she was making: “Grand jurors have
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Corruption, Crime, Media PlaybookA federal judge documented a crime with timestamps. The prosecutor didn’t show up for his own verdict. The court filings tell the story. A federal judge put it in writing. With timestamps. On December 15, 2025, U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter issued an order in the Letitia James case. He didn’t just note that the grand jury result leaked. He
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Corruption, Crime, Media PlaybookGlenn Thrush and Alan Feuer wrote a ‘Trump fails’ story. The facts they reported tell a story they missed—deliberate sabotage at the highest levels of DOJ. On December 12, 2025, Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer of the New York Times published what they thought was a victory lap about the failed prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James. Instead,
To: The Honorable Jim Jordan, Chairman, House Judiciary Committee The Honorable Chuck Grassley, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee I take full responsibility for publicly documenting Letitia James’s alleged mortgage fraud using public records. In February 2025, I found mortgage irregularities, conflicting state disclosures, and second home violations in public records on James’s Norfolk, Virginia property. I published them on my blog,
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