An lawyer basic who HELPS dangerous guys and targets cops? Yep: Meet NY’s Letitia James
You’d suppose the job of a state lawyer basic is to search out dangerous guys, or not less than assist different law-enforcement nab them, however simply strive telling that to New York AG Letitia James — who’s now busy focusing on good guys, i.e, native law-enforcement officers who (heaven forfend!) even suppose about serving to the feds detain unlawful immigrants.
As The Publish solely reported, James has demanded that Oswego County’s Sheriff’s Workplace hand over paperwork which will present cooperation with federal companies comparable to ICE and Homeland Safety.
This follows her comparable bullying of Nassau County’s Sheriff’s Workplace within the wake of stories that it has the nerve to assist the feds implement immigration regulation.
Sources say she’s prone to goal extra counties.
To James, it appears, aiding immigration enforcement is the crime of the century, so she’ll use all her energy to cease it.
Please. Doesn’t her workplace have something higher to do?
Sure, we all know: New York’s wacko statutes and government orders by Govs. Andrew Cuomo and Kathy Hochul purport to limit native cops’ efforts to assist federal brokers implement immigration regulation.
But absolutely there’s sufficient different work for her employees to concentrate on.
Crime statewide, for starters, rose 31% from 2019 to 2023, and 46% within the metropolis. The place’s James & Co. been?
In addition to, 80% of New Yorkers need the feds in addition unlawful migrants who’ve been convicted of crimes, a Siena ballot discovered.
Then once more, James additionally used her workplace to struggle on President Donald Trump — and anybody who does his bidding — for years; hardly ever a day goes by with out her taking some authorized motion in opposition to him or his group.
Simply final week, she sued Trump for transferring to overturn California’s EV mandates; the day earlier than, for deploying the Nationwide Guard in Los Angeles.
To not point out her try and bankrupt Trump to maintain him from operating in 2024.
After all, James spent her years as NYC’s public advocate submitting limitless Hail-Mary lawsuits, too; none of it did a lot for normal New Yorkers, but it surely raised her profile sufficient to let her seize the AG job after scandal compelled out Eric Schneiderman.
However, sorry: Limitless pandering to the Democratic Celebration’s left-wing base isn’t a severe statewide winner even in New York; the press corps (most of which is half of that base) might eat it up, however most voters received’t.
They nonetheless suppose public servants are presupposed to . . . serve the general public.