After Donald Trump targeted New York Attorney General Letitia James, his Justice Department opens an investigation into her office. What a coincidence.
Two weeks ago, the official White House social media account published a weird item quoting Trump: “I was the hunted — NOW I’M THE HUNTER.â€
As he seeks vengeance against his perceived political enemies, the relevance of that line lingers. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-08-08T18:52:45.979Z
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Three months later, NBC News reported:
Federal prosecutors are in the early stages of an investigation into the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought a civil fraud case against President Donald Trump, according to three people familiar with the matter. The probe is focused on whether James’ office caused a deprivation of legal rights under the color of law through its civil suits against Trump and his businesses as well as the National Rifle Association, these people said.
A spokesperson for the state attorney general’s office told NBC News in a statement, “
Any weaponization of the justice system should disturb every American. We stand strongly behind our successful litigation against the Trump Organization and the National Rifle Association, and we will continue to stand up for New Yorkers’ rights.”....
The news comes just days after Trump’s attorney general directed Justice Department prosecutors to launch
a grand jury investigation into Obama administration officials, which came on the heels of news that the Trump administration had also launched criminal investigations into former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey, two longtime targets of the president. (Disclosure: Brennan is a paid contributor to MSNBC and NBC News.).....
The New York Times, assessing Trump’s intensifying campaign of retribution, reported a couple of weeks ago,
“This is what Washington thought retribution would look like.” The report added:
Repeatedly in his first term, Mr. Trump accused his perceived enemies of treason and tried to push the F.B.I. and Justice Department to indict them. He told his chief of staff that he wanted to ‘get the I.R.S.’ on those who crossed him. Many of them were investigated, and two of them were the subjects of highly unusual and invasive audits, but none of them were ever charged. The difference now is that Mr. Trump, much more so than during his first term, is surrounded by aides and cabinet members who often appear willing to follow through on his angriest and most authoritarian impulses.
The analyses came to mind anew as Trump’s DOJ targets New York’s attorney general in new ways.
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