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NYC Public Advocate Responds To The Political Prosecution Of Attorney General James

October 9th, 2025

"This should alarm and outrage every New Yorker, every American. Donald Trump has been blatant about his goals – to weaponize the federal government against the people brave enough to stand up to him. Now, he’s invented a reason to come after the highest-ranking Black woman in the state where he was convicted of 34 felonies and civil fraud. The Attorney General is dedicated to the people she serves and the pursuit of justice – two things that put her at odds with Donald Trump, the convicted felon authoritarian in the White House.

"If this abuse were uncovered about any other president, they’d be impeached and removed, but Trump’s perversion of justice is so obvious and inept that it has become normalized. We do not have to accept that, and we do not have to treat this lawfare as legitimate - Trump already told us himself that it’s not."

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