Trump Unleashes Truth Social Attack on New York Attorney General Letitia James

Niagara Action
Oct 8
2 min read

President Donald Trump escalated his long-running feud with New York Attorney General Letitia James over the weekend, unleashing a blistering post on Truth Social in which he labeled her “scum” and blamed her for driving business out of the state.

“Corrupt Letitia James is costing New York State Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in lost business,” Trump wrote on Saturday. “No company or individual wants to be there, knowing that she’s the ‘Attorney General.’ She is a Complete and Total Disaster, who tried running against Kathy Hochul for Governor, and only got 1% of the Vote in Polls, and QUIT.”

The president accused James of continuing what he described as a politically motivated campaign against him.

“She then went back to her WITCH HUNT against President Donald J. Trump, and others,” he added. Trump insisted that “until this ‘SCUM’ is removed from the Attorney General’s Office, no company will move to New York, and few companies will be using the New York Stock Exchange, or NASDAQ, for going Public.”

Trump also tied his remarks to the launch of the Texas Stock Exchange, headquartered in Dallas, after receiving SEC approval earlier this week.

“The new Texas Exchange will be taking ALL of this business away, and we’re talking Hundreds of Billions of Dollars!” he wrote. The post included a screenshot from Fox News reporting that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to shut down New York offices due to what the outlet attributed to James’ “corrupt and dangerous business practices.”

James’ office has not responded to Trump’s comments.

The feud between the two has spanned years. James has pursued multiple legal actions against Trump and his businesses, including a civil fraud case over inflated property valuations which initially resulted in a judgment for more than $500 million against Trump. This penalty was later dismissed by a New York appeals court.

During Trump’s second term, the Department of Justice has issued subpoenas to James’ office and accused her of mortgage fraud.