Letitia James Is Emerging as a Leader of the Resistance to Trump 2.0, Brightening Her Political Prospects in the Process
New York’s attorney general is in the van of opposition to the 47th president’s agenda — and he owes her office some $500 million.

Attorney General Letitia James of New York ran for office vowing to put prosecutorial pressure on President Trump, and she appears determined to do the same even after he recaptured the highest office in the land.
On nearly every hot button issue the new administration has pressed — birthright citizenship, the freeze in federal funding, and the increased crackdown on illegal immigration — Ms. James has been front and center in opposition. Call it “resistance” to the White House’s agenda. After a year in which the criminal cases against Mr. Trump have foundered, Ms. James, wielding tort law, is something like the last prosecutor standing.
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