Letitia James exposed as fighting only for revenge, not justice

When Letitia James first ran for Attorney General, I condemned her for what I viewed as an unethical campaign based on a promise to prosecute Trump without bothering to name any particular crime. Now we know how she set about in fulfilling that pledge. According to whistleblower Daniel Wiesenfeld, a former Brooklyn prosecutor who works in the Investor Protection Bureau, James produced her chosen defendant and ordered her staff to find a crime, any crime.  Wiesenfeld sent an email to call on fellow lawyers not to assist James further in weaponizing her office.He recounted his own experience as a prosecutor in her office and how Bureau Chief Shamiso Maswoswe allegedly directed him to target “Trump himself, Truth Social, Hewlett Packard (DOJ approved merger) .

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without having a credible reason for targeting the organizations and individuals.”He added that “If you believe Trump is using the [Department of Justice] attorneys to prosecute his enemies and further his political interests, you should find it equally troubling that Tish [James] is doing exactly the same thing.”In his blistering email, Wiesenfeld reminded his colleagues that they have other things to do than hunt down James’ enemies.While she wastes “significant public taxpayer dollars to target convenient public enemies,” Wiesenfeld reminded them that there is “rampant nonprofit homeless shelter fraud and antisemitic crimes in and around synagogues.”Instead, James concentrated on an absurd civil case against Trump where the “victims” made money, lost nothing, and wanted more business from the Trump corporation.After securing a judge with her same disregard for blind justice, Judge Arthur Engoron ordered an obscene fine that was largely thrown out on appeal.

James’s pledge to seize Trump buildings also never materialized.Yet New Yorkers loved her for it.In an age of rage, James has always offered the type of pure, uncut product that rage addicts need.

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