Former President Donald Trump on Dec. 20 sued New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing her of targeting him with politically motivated prosecutions.
“For years, she has flagrantly abused her investigatory powers to target her political adversaries and advance her career,” the complaint states. “Her relentless attacks on Donald J. Trump serve as a prime example. Since taking office, she has tirelessly bombarded him, his family, and his business, Trump Organization LLC, with unwarranted subpoenas in a bitter crusade to ’take on' the President.”
The attorney general’s office responded to the lawsuit saying that Trump was using it to attack and delay the office’s inquiries into the business dealings of the Trump Organization.
In a separate statement issued on Monday, Trump said his lawsuit “is not about delay” and that James’ investigation “is just a continuation of the political Witch Hunt that has gone on against me by the Radical Left Democrats for years.”
Trump’s lawsuit details a list of instances in which James expressed bias and animus against Trump, commencing with comments she made not long after his inauguration in 2017. The cited statements include James’ proclamation that “we are all being killed by this (Trump) administration.”
Ten months into Trump’s term, James said, “I’ve been leading the resistance against Donald Trump in NYC and will only continue to do so in every way possible,” the lawsuit points out.
The New York attorney general is investigating four Trump properties in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.