Before being elected New York attorney general, Democrat Letitia James made a name for herself during the campaign by calling Donald Trump “an illegitimate president” and promising that she would “focus” on him.
She later successfully prosecuted him and his organization in a civil fraud case for falsely inflating his net worth by billions of dollars.
While the original penalty was thrown out, the finding of fraud was upheld. That successful prosecution has led many in the Republican Party to argue that she weaponized the judicial system against the president, who in turn accused her of mortgage fraud – a charge which a judge recently dismissed.
But the feeling among Republicans that she targeted the president has opened her up to criticism and made flipping her office a top priority.
Khurram Dara is hoping to secure the Republican nomination to challenge James. He’s been practicing law in New York for more than a decade and most recently worked at Bain Capital, where he led regulatory and policy at their crypto venture fund before leaving to run for attorney general. He is a second generation American who grew up in Amherst, a Buffalo suburb, and currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife.
Dara spoke with Capital Tonight about how he views the role of attorney general.
