Salem Radio Network host Scott Jennings recalled Thursday that Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James campaigned on a promise to target President Donald Trump while debating her mortgage fraud conviction.
Federal grand jury accused James was charged Thursday with two counts of mortgage fraud related to a home in Norfolk, Virginia. Jennings told CNN NewsNight that James claims that she was being targeted for political reasons sounded like lip service, citing her record. (RELATED: Eric Holder Says Democrats Should Make Packaging and Gerrymandering the Supreme Court Part of the 2028 Platform)
“Look, I mean, Letitia James is the absolute worst example of the argument for selective prosecution. Her entire political career has been based on the idea of selectively prosecuting one person, Donald Trump,” Jennings said.
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“Regardless of whether you think the merits of the case are strong or weak, or how you think it's going to play out, come out tonight and cry and whine and fuss about selective prosecution, when it comes to Letitia James, who ran an entire campaign saying she was going to prosecute Trump, the cases she brought, it was only because of Trump, I don't think the American people will have too much sympathy for that. empathy,” Jennings continued. “But she'll have to go to court, she can make her case and we'll see what happens.”
James sued Trump in September 2022, alleging that he inflated the value of his real estate assets to obtain loans. This happened after she swore to investigate Trump during her first campaign for attorney general in 2018, during which she called him an “illegitimate president.”
New York Court of Appeals rules $355 million civil fine in August published New York Judge Arthur Engoron violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines in February 2024.
James also made several statements indicating hostility toward the National Rifle Association during her 2018 campaign for attorney general. She promised to “target the NRA” in July 2018 Issue campaign, promising to “investigate the legitimacy of the NRA as a charitable organization.”
“The NRA adheres to [itself] as a charity, but in reality, [it] Really [is] terrorist organization,” she said. ebony magazine during her 2018 campaign. (RELATED: NRA Wins Trial Against New York City Attorney Letitia James)
James sued gun rights organization in August 2020 demanding the group's disbandment. New York Judge Joel M. Cohen: rules that James cannot seek the dissolution of the NRA in March 2022.
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