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Motion Filed in Letitia James Case
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Motion Filed in Letitia James Case

Oh, the irony. Letitia James—the same New York Attorney General who practically made “I’m going to get Trump” her campaign slogan, who gleefully posted interest tallies on Twitter like a middle schooler tracking Monopoly rent, and who built her brand on weaponizing the legal system against a president—is now crying foul. Why? Because she says she’s the victim of “outrageous government conduct.”

You really can’t make this stuff up.


According to CBS News, James’ legal team is asking for her federal indictment to be tossed out with prejudice, which means she wants it dead and buried, never to rise again. Her argument? That the fraud charges brought against her are “patently unconstitutional” and politically motivated—an alleged abuse of power so egregious that it violates her Fifth Amendment right to due process.

Let’s pause here and appreciate the full absurdity: Letitia James is now invoking selective prosecution as her defense. Yes, the same Letitia James who publicly pledged to prosecute Trump before even taking office. The same Letitia James whose office bragged about interest accruals on a judgment that was later tossed out by an appeals court. The same Letitia James who pursued civil fraud charges based on asset valuations that banks neither disputed nor lost money on.


And now? She’s not arguing she didn’t misrepresent a property on a bank form to secure a lower mortgage rate. She’s not saying she’s innocent of bank fraud. No, she’s arguing that because the prosecution came under the Trump administration, it must automatically be illegitimate.

“If this brazen, continuous disregard for the law and the Constitution is not outrageous government conduct, nothing is,” her lawyers wrote.

Sound familiar? It should. This is almost word-for-word the argument Trump and his allies have made for years: that the justice system is being twisted into a political weapon. That selective prosecutions are happening. That lawfare is real.

And now, the poster child for politically motivated prosecution wants the judge to believe she’s the target of exactly the abuse she spent her career normalizing.

The gall is staggering.


Even more outrageous? If she wins on these grounds, she’ll be effectively legitimizing the very precedent she’s long denied: that prosecutorial bias and politically driven charges are not only possible—they’re disqualifying. That weaponizing the justice system isn’t just unethical—it’s unconstitutional.

But don’t expect her to admit the parallel. This is the political left’s playbook on full display: when it’s Trump, it’s justice; when it’s James, it’s persecution. When Democrats prosecute Republicans, it’s called “accountability.” When the shoe’s on the other foot? Suddenly, it’s “outrageous government conduct.”

Sorry, but you don’t get to call yourself a crusader for truth while hiding behind claims of political persecution the moment you’re caught.

Written by Arthur Higgens - November 19, 2025