New York Attorney General Letitia James told reporters Wednesday she would fight former President Donald Trump if he used the presidency to seek “retribution” against her after his Tuesday election win.
James, whose office went after Trump in a civil trial that saw him banned from conducting business in New York for three years, also signaled she would work with him when necessary.
As Trump’s legal issues are expected to largely disappear following his historic defeat of Vice President Kamla Harris, James addressed the media Wednesday afternoon. James said:
We have been working both in my office and with other Democratic AGs across this country to make sure that we would be ready to respond to any attempt to roll back our rights. So here we are. We studied their platforms. We’ve identified certain possibilities, fact patterns. We’ve created contingency plans. So no matter what the next administration throws at us. We’re ready. We’re ready to respond to their attacks. We’re ready …