To Letitia James, Donald Trump is her archnemesis, responsible for all that she thinks is bad in the world, and for nothing she sees as good.
In a 2021 lecture to her alma mater, Lehman College, James said the Trump administration “used Covid-19 as an excuse to deny women (abortions)” and made it harder for illegal aliens to get welfare benefits in New York.
She said Trump pushed “regressive policies… from changing regulations and the law on the air that we breathe, the water we drink and the energy we consume.”
“Instead of it being clean, he wanted to make all of those aspects dirty,” James said.
She claimed that while Trump was in office, “every day, we went to battle” against him, “defending our democracy” against the elected president of the United States.
“We did a damn good job,” she said. “He knew my name.”
NYC Lifer
James, 64, is the elected Democrat Attorney General of New York, overseeing prosecutions in Manhattan, in New York County.
She was born October 18, 1958, in Brooklyn, N.Y., and grew up in the Park Slope neighborhood, graduating from Fort Hamilton High School and the City University of New York’s Lehman College, majoring in liberal arts with an emphasis on social work. She earned a B.A. in 1981.
James went to law school at Howard University, a historically black college in Washington, D.C. She was admitted to the New York Bar in 1989.
Her work history includes employment at the local public defender’s office and the staff of the New York State Assembly at the capitol in Albany.
James is unmarried and has no children.
Ban Trump from New York?
James jumped on the “prosecute Trump” bandwagon in March 2019, when she opened her first investigation into the former president.
She focused on whether Trump had systematically misstated the value of his assets to gain financial advantage with lenders and tax authorities. According to the findings of her investigation, James concluded that Trump lied about his assets to lenders and tax authorities in order to gain a financial advantage.
In a civil lawsuit filed last September, James is asking the New York State Supreme Court to ban Trump and his family from doing work in New York state, while making him pay a $250 million fine.
‘White supremacy’
Letitia James is the first black person to hold the office of New York Attorney General. She also is the first woman to hold that position.
When elected to New York City Council in 2003, she was the first member of the far left “ Working Families Party” (WFP) to ever win any office in New York State.
The WFP says it wants to stop “white supremacy” and to “defund the police.”
In her speech to Lehman College, she railed against “systemic inequities” and “racial injustice” in the U.S. criminal justice system. She characterized the George Floyd riots as “protests” and called for more of them.
“In the criminal justice space, I’ve seen and I’ve been involved in a number of instances in which I’ve heard instances of police abuse,” she said. “Black people have known about mistreatment and abuse by police officers for a very long time.”
“I understand the over-policing of communities of color,” James said.
Going After People To Take Their Jobs? James' Short-Lived Run For Governor
Before Trump, James made a name for herself during the scandal surrounding N.Y. Governor Andrew Cuomo. She investigated Cuomo for sexual harassment, which led to his resignation. Within days of his resigning, she immediately jumped into the race to succeed him.
Why? Many believe she is politically ambitious and that her investigations are motivated by ambition and partisan bias.
Vendetta Declaration In Election Victory Speech
When she won her race for New York Attorney General, she was quick to target Trump in her victory speech.
“He should know that we here in New York — and I, in particular — we are not scared of you. And as the next attorney general of his home state, I will be shining a bright light into every dark corner of his real estate dealings, and every dealing, demanding truthfulness at every turn.”
Let's Sue The NRA Out Of Existance
In 2020, James filed a civil lawsuit against the National Rifle Association in Manhattan. Because the NRA was originally chartered in New York, her office had jurisdiction.
Her suit seeks to permanently shut down the NRA. Her reasoning includes alleged corruption and misspending. She’s also suing former Executive Director Wayne LaPierre and three other executives. She is “seeking to oust Mr. LaPierre and Mr. Frazer, and to bar all four men from serving on nonprofit boards in New York again,” according to the New York Times.
The Assassination of James' City Council Opponent
James first ran for the 35th City Council district in November 2001.
In the race, she got 42% of the vote, but lost to James E. Davis, a Democrat.
Two years later, during his re-election campaign, Davis was shot and killed during an assassination by a disgruntled constituent. James ran for his open seat and succeeded.
James had the distinction of being the first third-party member elected to the New York City Council since 1977.
Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Scandal
Letitia James is no stranger to controversy.
She was sued by a former aide for continuing to employ another aide (her longtime chief of staff) who was “known” to commit sexual assault and battery.
In the suit, James’ former aide, Sofia Quintanar, said that James’ chief of staff, Ibrahim Khan, groped and kissed her.
The lawsuit against James and Khan seeks damages for loss of income, embarrassment, and pain and suffering.
Ethics Complaint
Former Gov. Cuomo filed a complaint with the state ethics board, alleging that James violated rules of conduct during her investigation of him.
“A.G. James cynically manipulated a legal process for personal, political gain,” according to the complaint signed by Mr. Cuomo.
He further wrote in the complaint, “She engaged in a terrible and quite obvious manipulation of facts, evidence, and the law, furthered a false narrative about me, and hid evidence that undermined the report from the media and the public.”
James called Cuomo a “sick, pathetic man.”
“Even though multiple independent investigations found his victims to be credible, Cuomo continues to blame everyone but himself,” she said.
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