This is a good one. New York State Attorney General Letitia James, who campaigned on "getting Donald Trump," and childishly posted on Twitter the interest due on his nearly half-billion-dollar fine (that was thrown out by an appeals court), is saying that her case should be thrown out because of "outrageous government conduct." Not because she's not guilty, mind you, but because of outrageous government conduct.
Letitia James says mortgage fraud charges should be dropped due to "outrageous government conduct."
— CBS News (@CBSNews) Nov 16, 2025
CBS News reports:
New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawyers accused the Trump administration of "outrageous government conduct" on Monday, arguing the fraud charges against her were "patently unconstitutional" and intended to punish James for her opposition to President Trump.
James is asking a judge to toss out her indictment with prejudice, meaning it could not be reintroduced. She was charged in October with bank fraud, with prosecutors accusing James — a longtime foe of Mr. Trump who sued him in civil court for fraud, which he has denied — of buying a home in Virginia and falsely calling it a second home instead of a rental property in order to get a lower interest rate.
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"If this brazen, continuous disregard for the law and the Constitution is not outrageous government conduct, nothing is," James' lawyers wrote. They called her indictment a violation of the Fifth Amendment, which guarantees a right to due process.
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It's almost as though James were claiming that the Trump administration was weaponizing the legal system against its political opposition, which is unheard of.
Well she would know it when she sees it
— Tony Hrvatska 🌴🕊 (@tonybalogna) Nov 16, 2025
Now this is rich.
— Roger Grant (@RogerGrant1952) Nov 16, 2025
She's a liar and a hypocrite. Put her in jail.
— WintryNose (@NoseWintry) Nov 16, 2025
"Outrageous government conduct" is why you're going to prison ...
— BDaughtry (@JBDaughtry_) Nov 17, 2025
Great defense Tish run with it
— anthony Liscio (@LRushbo) Nov 17, 2025
No one is above the law.
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