New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) seems to be staring down a massive legal situation after bombshell news broke regarding her alleged role in mortgage fraud.

According to the Daily Caller, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley believes the situation is beyond serious for James, calling her situation "quite damning." 

The bombshell allegations were revealed this week after the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) referred the New York attorney general to the Department of Justice for charges.

The situation comes on the heels of James' relentless pursuit of President Donald Trump on the legal front.

What's going on?

Turley made his point in calling out the seriousness of the situation during an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham of "The Ingraham Angle."

"This has been prosecuted in the past. Now, we have not heard her side of this, but these documents themselves are quite damning," Turley said. "It’s hard to see how the residences listed were her principal residence."

James' criminal situation is due to a dispute regarding her claim to a residence that reportedly secured her a lower mortgage rate.

The Daily Caller noted:

In a letter sent to the DOJ, FHFA Director William Pulte alleged that James potentially falsified “residence status for a Norfolk, Va.-based home in order to secure a lower mortgage rate,” as well as “misrepresenting property descriptions to meet stringent requirements for government-backed loans and government assistance.

Turley went into further detail regarding James' legal situation.

"Now, I’ll note that one of the things that Letitia James stressed in her case against Trump is that Trump had to review documents that were filed in his name,” Turley added.

“So she dismissed the argument that this was something that Trump’s people put together. She said, ‘He’s ultimately responsible.’ So they alleged that she gave a power of attorney in a couple of these instances. But according to her own standard, that’s not enough.”

Social media reacts

Users across social media weighed in on the charges.

"As a general rule I would be against these types of enforcement actions. However, since in this situation the person being charged is the individual who made such actions the standard. She made the bed, she must now lay in it," one X user wrote.

Another X user wrote, "Well they can't have the trial in NY or DC, that's for sure."