Letitia James campaigned on the promise to prosecute Donald Trump.
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The Rob Carson ShowSep 7, 2026
Sources show Letitia James campaigned in 2018 on pursuing Trump, including promises to investigate him, sue him, and "take on" him, and a former federal prosecutor (Honig, NPR) says she "at times said she'd indict him."
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… Where? Albany. So this is a big deal. This judge is, she's going, you know, she's sticking her neck out now for the First Amendment, and, and thank God for her doing that. Well, also Letitia James is, they're going after her for going after Donald Trump and others, and going after conservatives, and, you know, she, she campaigned on going after Donald Trump. I was talking to Doug Burns about this yesterday. He lives in New York. He's a former prosecutor, and, and he said that she campaigned on it. She campaigned on it. That was her slogan: "I will get Donald Trump. I'll find a crime, and I'll throw him in jail, and we'll be done with this guy forever, and we can get back to having an America run by smart people who graduated from Yale, Harvard, and …
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Supports. Politifact reports James said during her 2018 campaign that she would investigate then-President Trump, and quotes her saying "We need to follow his money."[1]
Supports. CNN and the Buffalo News describe campaign promises to investigate Trump's finances and to pursue him in court, which she later fulfilled through a 2022 civil suit.[2][3]
Supports. NPR's transcript of ex-prosecutor Barbara Honig says James "overtly, explicitly promised and fundraised throughout her 2018 campaign" on a vow to nail Trump, and that at times she said she'd indict him.[4]
Supports. The Washington Examiner reports James promised in campaign videos to "take on President Donald Trump," and the WFAE piece quotes her campaign promise to challenge him.[5][6]
Context. Her actual legal action against Trump was a civil lawsuit, not a criminal prosecution, so the promise to prosecute is less direct than the promise to investigate and sue. The sources do not contradict that she campaigned on going after him.[3][4]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1Fact-check: Trump's baseless claim that Biden directed the New ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2New York's new top attorney moves to take on Trump | CNN Politicscnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3Analysis: For Letitia James, a promise keptbuffalonews.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4Ex-federal prosecutor weighs in on the indictment of New York's AG at Trump's urgingvpm.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Letitia James has a habit of speaking before evidence. Case ...washingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6NY's crusading attorney general tackles big targets: Trump ...wfae.org · not rated · cited for: supports
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