NY's attorney general is one of the most powerful in the nation. That should worry Trump.

She's a complete idiot...

Incoming NY AG vows to make a laughingstock of her office
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/12/12/incoming-ny-ag-vows-make-laughingstock-office/

While it didn’t draw all that much attention in the national press, New York State elected its first black, female state attorney general in November. Letitia James will assume office next month, presumably ready to take up her duties on behalf of the residents of New York and the law enforcement community. But it’s unclear how much time she’ll have for the day to day drudgery of performing her duties. She has another agenda in mind.

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In her first interview since winning the election, James set forth her priorities for 2019. She’s going to be investigating President Donald Trump and anyone “in his orbit” that she can track down. (NBC News)

New York Attorney Gen.-elect Letitia James says she plans to launch sweeping investigations into President Donald Trump, his family and “anyone” in his circle who may have violated the law once she settles into her new job next month.


“We will use every area of the law to investigate President Trump and his business transactions and that of his family as well,” James, a Democrat, told NBC News in her first extensive interview since she was elected last month.


James outlined some of the probes she intends to pursue with regard to the president, his businesses and his family members…


“We want to investigate anyone in his orbit who has, in fact, violated the law,” said James…

Much like Santa’s list of naughty children, the incoming AG has a list of things related to Donald Trump she wants to start digging into. These include Trump’s real estate holdings in New York, the Trump Tower meeting with a Russian official, government subsidies Trump received and the activities of the Trump Foundation.

On top of that, she wants to launch investigations into Trump’s family members in the state, his business associates and “anyone in his orbit.” In other words, she’s champing at the bit to start investigations into people she doesn’t even know the names of yet. All you need to do is be associated in some way with the President and you’ll make it onto the list.

I hate to be a stickler for the rules here, but is Ms. James aware that the job of law enforcement (at any level) is to review reports of crimes which have been committed and then investigate those crimes to identify suspects and prosecute them? Your job is not to launch a fishing expedition into every aspect of a particular family you harbor some burning hatred for in the hopes of turning up something illegal. That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.

But there we have it. New York has elected yet another person who is less interested in doing the job they were elected to do and more concerned with their own career and political agenda. If you want to dig into the affairs of an elected official, why don’t you start with your new boss? So many of Andrew Cuomo’s cronies are either on trial or already in jail over corruption charges I’m guessing you could find something there to productively occupy your time.
 
gwb-trading said:
You do realize that most legal associations are already demanding that she recuse herself on all actions involving Trump.

Why Matt Whitaker and Letitia James Should Both Consider Recusal
https://www.lawfareblog.com/why-matt-whitaker-and-letitia-james-should-both-consider-recusal

Let's take a look at the second half of the article...

Recently, voters in New York State elected Letitia James as the state’s attorney general—a momentous election that brought to one of the most powerful state law enforcement offices in the nation a highly accomplished woman of color. That’s good news, in part because it adds an important voice—hers—to that crucial function.

James’s office has jurisdiction and venue over numerous important investigations, financial and otherwise, into the Trump Organization, the Trump Foundation and members of the Trump family. Moreover, the work of the New York State Attorney General is beyond the pardon power of President Trump. That makes James’s role both incredibly important and incredibly sensitive. As a consequence, what she says and does—and what she has already said and done—will be intensely scrutinized. Is that fair? Sure. It comes with the territory that she volunteered to traverse.

What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. So let’s use the same standards applied to Whitaker and his statements about matters he came to supervise to James and her statements about matters she will come to supervise.

Here are some of the things that James said to the New York Times, all prior to taking office (that is, as a private citizen) and before she could have genuinely known the facts of the cases she has inherited:

  • Trump is an “illegitimate president.”
  • James’s decision to run for attorney general was largely “about that man in the White House who can’t go a day without threatening our fundamental rights.”
  • Trump could be charged with obstruction of justice, and she implied that foreign governments channeled money to Mr. Trump’s family’s real estate holdings, which she characterized as a “pattern and practice of money laundering.”
The Times further noted a statement released by James during her campaign declaring that, “Donald Trump’s days of defrauding Americans are coming to an end.”

Following her victory, James also told NBC News that:

  • She plans to launch sweeping investigations into President Donald Trump, his family and "anyone" in his circle who may have violated the law once she settles into her new job.
  • "We will use every area of the law to investigate President Trump and his business transactions and that of his family as well."
  • Mueller's "doing an excellent job." "I think he's closing in on this president and his days are going to be coming to an end shortly."
These are only comments to two news outlets retrieved in a brief search.

James’s comments—like Whitaker’s—were made before she took office and demonstrate a prejudgment of the facts and a political predisposition to the issues she now must manage apolitically and dispassionately. Every good prosecutor knows those comments are a problem.

Appearances matter—a lot.

To be sure, James, unlike Whitaker, was a candidate for elected office—so she had reason to say something during the campaign about the role she sought. But promising a specific outcome (we are going to launch sweeping investigations of a particular person) is materially different from promising a particular process (we are going to hold people accountable, apply the law and facts and follow the evidence wherever it leads). What’s more, most of the statements by James that I have noted here were made after she was elected, and these are both more telling than statements made in the heat of a campaign and require a higher level of circumspection. For instance, James’s comments to NBC News were made after her election but before she assumed office.

So, what should James do?

She could follow Whitaker’s lead, consulting with career ethics officials and then, as Whitaker did, ignoring them. But that doesn’t seem like a sound path. Why would anyone ask the most experienced people in the room what should be done and then not do it? Were the career officials wrong or did Whitaker just not like their advice? To pose this question is to suggest its answer.

In the alternative, James could consult with career ethics officials and then abide by their recommendations. That seems inarguably prudent.

Another path would be to recuse herself from investigations into the president’s family and family-run entities based on the appearance issue alone. But this might be a bridge too far. After all, the acting attorney general of the United States just refused to follow this path under similar circumstances. And a preemptive recusal would be a concession of sorts that James’s behavior was inconsistent with the role she has been elected to fulfill.

Perhaps Whitaker’s action gives James some precedential cover. The trouble is that it’s not the sort of cover she might need and want. It’s arguably a bad precedent, after all.

At a minimum, here’s something James could do: stop talking about the investigation. Now. Immediately. Completely.

The choice is hers, but she ought to fully and deeply appreciate that injudicious comments undermine her office and her cases—legally and factually—and will call into question, in the public eye, the credibility of her work.

And the fact that some members of the public might favor charging Trump over constraining Mueller, or might prefer James to Whitaker, is of no moment. That is not the way the American system of justice was designed to work. Picking sides here is dangerous and foolish.

There is at least one high-profile person who has perfectly and precisely threaded this needle: Bob Mueller, who does all his talking in court. Good luck in finding an intemperate Mueller comment from before he became Special Counsel, let alone after. That’s what prosecutorial professionalism looks like.
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She was voted in on her platform. The people have spoken. Deal with it. As for the rest of your post:

 
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gwb-trading said:
She's a complete idiot...

Incoming NY AG vows to make a laughingstock of her office
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/12/12/incoming-ny-ag-vows-make-laughingstock-office/

While it didn’t draw all that much attention in the national press, New York State elected its first black, female state attorney general in November. Letitia James will assume office next month, presumably ready to take up her duties on behalf of the residents of New York and the law enforcement community. But it’s unclear how much time she’ll have for the day to day drudgery of performing her duties. She has another agenda in mind.

See Also: Colorado sheriff would choose jail over enforcing red flag laws

In her first interview since winning the election, James set forth her priorities for 2019. She’s going to be investigating President Donald Trump and anyone “in his orbit” that she can track down. (NBC News)

New York Attorney Gen.-elect Letitia James says she plans to launch sweeping investigations into President Donald Trump, his family and “anyone” in his circle who may have violated the law once she settles into her new job next month.


“We will use every area of the law to investigate President Trump and his business transactions and that of his family as well,” James, a Democrat, told NBC News in her first extensive interview since she was elected last month.


James outlined some of the probes she intends to pursue with regard to the president, his businesses and his family members…


“We want to investigate anyone in his orbit who has, in fact, violated the law,” said James…

Much like Santa’s list of naughty children, the incoming AG has a list of things related to Donald Trump she wants to start digging into. These include Trump’s real estate holdings in New York, the Trump Tower meeting with a Russian official, government subsidies Trump received and the activities of the Trump Foundation.

On top of that, she wants to launch investigations into Trump’s family members in the state, his business associates and “anyone in his orbit.” In other words, she’s champing at the bit to start investigations into people she doesn’t even know the names of yet. All you need to do is be associated in some way with the President and you’ll make it onto the list.

I hate to be a stickler for the rules here, but is Ms. James aware that the job of law enforcement (at any level) is to review reports of crimes which have been committed and then investigate those crimes to identify suspects and prosecute them? Your job is not to launch a fishing expedition into every aspect of a particular family you harbor some burning hatred for in the hopes of turning up something illegal. That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.

But there we have it. New York has elected yet another person who is less interested in doing the job they were elected to do and more concerned with their own career and political agenda. If you want to dig into the affairs of an elected official, why don’t you start with your new boss? So many of Andrew Cuomo’s cronies are either on trial or already in jail over corruption charges I’m guessing you could find something there to productively occupy your time.
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Hot air.com lol
 
Frederick Foresight said:
I forgot. Who did you vote for again?
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And what does this have to do with an elected DA acting like an idiot -- violating all sorts of ethical standards to the point that every major DA / Legal association is demanding that she recuse herself -- in her agenda of "getting Trump and his family".
 
gwb-trading said:
And what does this have to do with an elected DA acting like an idiot -- violating all sorts of ethical standards to the point that every major DA / Legal association is demanding that she recuse herself -- in her agenda of "getting Trump and his family".
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Do let me know when she's no longer in office.
 
Frederick Foresight said:
Do let me know when she's no longer in office.
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I guess New York State will not be focusing on the issue of cleaning up all the corrupt politicians in Albany. Instead the state DA's office will pursuing her "get Trump" agenda to the detriment of the entire population of the state.
 
gwb-trading said:
I guess New York State will not be focusing on the issue of cleaning up all the corrupt politicians in Albany. Instead the state DA's office will pursuing her "get Trump" agenda to the detriment of the entire population of the state.
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Its what the people of New York elected her to do
 
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