Letitia James with a Vengeance

Letitia James vows to keep suing Trump after winning another term

New York Attorney General Letitia James pledged to “sue baby sue” after her reelection, doubling down on years of lawsuits aimed at President Trump.

Fresh off another four-year win, James told supporters at the SOMOS political conference in Puerto Rico that she is ready to put the law back to work, “both as a sword and as a shield.”

The New York Post reported that James, re-elected on Tuesday, used her Friday remarks to frame high living costs as the work of “oligarchs” and to promise more litigation ahead.

She did not sound like an official ready to narrow her targets. She sounded like one preparing another round.

Her highest-profile result was a $454 million civil judgment against Trump’s business for allegedly inflating its value. A state appeals court overturned that decision last year.

So the largest number she hung on him did not stand. The courtroom loss did not end the campaign. Days after voters gave her another term, she was in Puerto Rico promising to sue again.

Taxpayers fund that office. They also live with the signal it sends: political enemies can face years of state litigation even after a major judgment collapses on appeal.

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