email obtained by the Times-Union<\/a>.<\/p>\nA top aide to New York Attorney General Letitia James allegedly ordered prosecutors to target Trump\u2019s allies. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n
Wiesenfeld alleged in his email on Friday that Bureau Chief Shamiso Maswoswe specifically directed him to target \u201cTrump himself, Truth Social, Hewlett Packard (DOJ approved merger)\u2026 without having a credible reason for targeting the organizations and individuals,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n
The feds recently approved a $14 billion merger between Hewlett-Packard and Juniper Networks.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you believe Trump is using the [Department of Justice] attorneys to prosecute his enemies and further his political interests, you should find it equally troubling that Tish [James] is doing exactly the same thing,\u201d Wiesenfeld allegedly wrote in the message, which went to some 2,000 staffers before being yanked.<\/p>\n
\u201cI ask you that you not serve as Tish\u2019s personal attorneys by targeting her political enemies,\u201d he allegedly wrote. \u201cInstead, I hope you choose to prosecute crimes and find the individuals accountable, rather than targeting individuals and then finding crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Weisenfeld asked that colleagues focus on prosecuting \u201crampant nonprofit homeless shelter fraud and antisemitic crimes in and around synagogues,\u201d and accused James of wasting \u201csignificant public taxpayer dollars to target convenient public enemies,\u201d Times-Union reported. <\/p>\n
President Trump has been embroiled in a bitter feud with state AG Letitia James for years. AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein<\/p>\n
AG bureau chief Shamiso Maswoswe allegedly wanted Trump\u2019s allies to be targeted. Facebook\/Shamiso Maswoswe<\/p>\n
Trump and James are bitter, long-standing adversaries. <\/p>\n
During her 2018 campaign, James vowed to \u201cprosecute the president for crimes committed in New York state\u201d if she was elected \u2014 and kept her word after taking over the office. <\/p>\n
In 2024, the AG\u2019s office won a $360 million civil case against Trump, his sons and his former company for overstating Big Apple property values and lying about his wealth \u2014 a case later upheld on appeal but without the massive financial payout.<\/p>\n
Trump has cited the case as just one example of James\u2019 attempts to target him unfairly.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Weisenfeld was placed on paid administrative leave, with a rep for James calling the controversy \u201ca personnel matter\u201d in a statement to Times-Union.<\/p>\n
New York State Republican Committee Chairman Ed Cox says Letitia James is weaponizing the AG\u2019s office. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n
\u201cThe office of the attorney general is committed to upholding New York\u2019s laws and protecting the rights and freedoms of all New Yorkers, regardless of political beliefs,\u201d the statement said. \u201cWe strongly reject any assertion to the contrary.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, state GOP leaders slammed James over the leaked email\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n
\u201cLetitia James weaponized the attorney general\u2019s office into a political hit squad and then tried to cover up her tracks,\u201d state Republican Chairman Ed Cox told The Post on Sunday. \u201cShe is utterly unfit to serve. <\/p>\n
\u201cNew Yorkers deserve an attorney general who prosecutes criminals, preserves public records and enforces the law without fear or favor,\u201d Cox added. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Saritha is attorney general, she will instruct her attorneys to lock up repeat offenders, build residential treatment for the homeless, and root out fraud \u2014 not target people because of their politics,\u201d said Nicole Kiprilov, spokesperson for Republican AG candidate Saritha Komatireddy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s good to see that even the rank-and-file in the AG\u2019s office agree that this is the right way forward. Let\u2019s work together \u2014 across partisan lines \u2014 and create a safer, more affordable New York.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A veteran prosecutor in state Attorney General Letitia James\u2019 office claims he was ordered to dig up dirt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[393,153,12883,30333,398,57,9,11,10,49,51,50,58],"class_list":["post-333458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-attorney-general","tag-donald-trump","tag-ed-cox","tag-emails","tag-letitia-james","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}