Tag Archives: Letitia James

Courthouse News reports: For the past several months, dozens of lawsuits have cropped up in response to the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to federal funding. But on Tuesday, a coalition of 21 Democratic states and the District of Columbia went on the offensive by suing the administration over the controversial provision it’s been using to justify those cuts: a clause …

The Guardian reports: Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, after the Trump administration alleged last month in a referral that she may have falsified paperwork for properties she owns in Virginia and New York, according to people familiar with the matter. The investigation marks a swift and notable escalation against James, a …

USA Today reports: New York Attorney General Letitia James and 18 other Democratic state attorneys general are filing a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by shrinking its size and laying off employee who oversee the nation’s food and health care systems. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in …

CBS News reports: President Trump’s debt to New York from a civil fraud judgment passed $500 million on Tuesday, as interest continues to accrue while he appeals. The figure has been growing ever since a lengthy civil fraud trial ended with Mr. Trump, two of his sons and a former Trump Organization executive ordered to pay back $364 million in disgorgement …

STAT News reports: Attorneys general representing 22 states sued the Trump administration on Monday, asking a federal judge to temporarily block a major policy change by the National Institutes of Health that would substantially limit payments for research overhead to universities, medical centers, and other grant recipients. In the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, …

The Washington Post reports: A federal judge issued an emergency order early Saturday prohibiting Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service from accessing personal and financial data on millions of Americans kept at the Treasury Department, noting the possibility for irreparable harm. U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer’s decision also ordered Musk and his team to “immediately destroy any and all copies …

Via press release from New York AG Letitia James: New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 14 attorneys general in releasing the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of the Treasury granting Elon Musk and his so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) staffers access to sensitive payment systems containing Americans’ personally identifiable information: “In …

The New York Times reports: Attorneys general from 18 states sued President Trump on Tuesday to block an executive order that refuses to recognize the U.S.-born children of unauthorized immigrants as citizens, the opening salvo in what promises to be a long legal battle over the Trump administration’s immigration policies. The complaint, filed in Federal District Court in Massachusetts was …

NBC News reports: The office of New York’s attorney general released body camera footage Friday showing the fatal beating of a state prisoner this month by correctional officers who punched and kicked him repeatedly while he was handcuffed on an infirmary bed. The incident, which has drawn outrage from political leaders and was condemned by the officers’ union as “incomprehensible,” …

Gothamist reports: More than 8,300 delivery workers allegedly cheated out of tip money by defunct alcohol-delivery platform Drizly will share a $4 million payout – or about $500 apiece – under a restitution agreement announced Monday by the New York attorney general’s office. The funds will go to former delivery workers across the state, including 1,375 in New York City, …

Fox News reports: New York Attorney General Letitia James said she will not drop the civil fraud case against President-elect Donald Trump, arguing presidents are not immune from civil litigation. Trump and his attorneys demanded that James drop her civil fraud case against him, his family and his businesses “for the greater good of the country” last month. Trump was …

NBC News reports: In a press conference this afternoon, New York Attorney General Letitia James said her office is prepared for what is to come with a new Trump administration and that they have been preparing for “several months.” “We will work with his administration, but we will not compromise our values or our integrity or our principals,” James said. …

The New York Times reports: With Mayor Eric Adams’s political future shrouded in uncertainty, the New York attorney general, Letitia James, is considering whether to run to replace him. Ms. James views her potential candidacy as a way of helping New York City recover from the crisis unfolding under Mr. Adams. Those urging Ms. James to run say the calculus …

The Associated Press reports: New York state lawyers urged an appeals court late Wednesday to uphold Donald Trump’s nearly $500 million civil fraud judgment, arguing there’s “overwhelming evidence” to support a judge’s finding that the former president lied for years about his wealth as he built his real estate empire. In paperwork filed ahead of oral arguments next month, New …

Newsweek reports: Peter Brimelow is blaming New York Attorney General Letitia James for the closure of his digital publication, VDARE. Brimelow, the editor of VDARE—a far-right website focused on immigration policy—made the accusations on Tuesday afternoon in an eight-minute video posted on X. “VDARE’s been murdered by the New York State Attorney General Letitia James,” Brimelow said in the Tuesday …

From the New Hampshire Justice Department: Attorney General John M. Formella announces that the United States District Court in Arizona has denied Avid Telecom’s multiple attempts to dismiss and delay a bipartisan, 49-state lawsuit against the company Michael D. Lansky, L.L.C., dba Avid Telecom, as well as its owner Michael D. Lansky and its vice president Stacey S. Reeves. Forty-nine …

Reuters reports: New York state’s top prosecutor on Monday sued Heartbeat International, an anti-abortion group, and 11 crisis pregnancy centers, accusing them of misleading and potentially endangering women by claiming that they can provide a treatment reversing the effect of the abortion pill mifepristone. In the lawsuit, New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a state court in Manhattan to …

Reuters reports: The insurer that provided Donald Trump a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case will try to convince a state judge on Monday that it is qualified and financially strong enough to issue the guarantee. The bond issued by Knight Specialty Insurance Co is meant to secure Trump’s compliance with a $454.2 million judgment won …

The Hill reports: The New York attorney general’s office has asked a judge to void the $175 million bond former President Trump secured to put off paying the larger monetary damage award in his civil fraud case. State lawyers said in court filings Friday that the former president and his co-defendants — the Trump Organization and its top executives, including …

NBC News reports: New York state police filed charges against a man whom they allege sent threatening messages to Judge Arthur Engoron and New York Attorney General Letitia James, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told NBC News. Engoron presided over former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial, in which Trump and executives at his company were hit …