The Department of Justice has launched two new investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James and her office over her allegedly malicious targeting of political enemies.
The U.S. attorney in Albany, Daniel Hanlon, issued two subpoenas to James, the first one related to her office’s civil fraud case against President Trump, the New York Times reported.
The Justice Department reportedly believes her prosecution of Trump violated his Constitutional rights.
The second subpoena is related to her office’s long-running effort to dissolve the National Rifle Association (NRA), according to the Times.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has signed off on the probes, and a there is a grand jury underway in New York’s state capital Albany, Fox News reported Friday.
“The DOJ Is going after James because she took then former president Donald Trump to court ‘simply because she didn’t like him and campaigned on getting him,’” Fox reported. The Justice Department reportedly believes James violated Trump’s First Amendment rights dealing with free speech.
James had accused Trump of inflating his net worth to get a good deal on loans and other financial benefits.
Trump-hating Judge Engoron ruled in her favor and ordered the Trump Organization to pay a $454 million bond, prompting George Washington University law Professor Jonathan Turley to call it “absurdly out of line with not just the purpose of the law but the facts of the case.”
A New York Appeals Court later reduced Trump’s bond to $175 million, which he paid on March 31, 2024.
Trump fumed against Engoron and James on Truth Social after he paid the bond.
“He is a whacked out nut job who just made up a number out of thin air, just like he did on the value of Mar-a-Lago,” Trump said.
“Businesses won’t enter New York because of this decision, and many are fleeing. Think of it – I had to pay an enormous sum for the right to Appeal the ridiculous decision of a CROOKED Judge and A.G. This is Election Interference, and it all comes directly from Joe Biden and the White House. An attack, along with ALL OF THE OTHERS, on his political opponent, ME!”
After the 2024 election, James refused to drop the case, reasoning that presidents are not protected by immunity in civil cases.
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