Washington, Feb 2: Former US President Donald Trump’s younger son Eric Trump has called New York Attorney General Letitia James as “vicious” and said she should be “disbarred and removed from office”.
According to New York Post, the former President on Tuesday accused Attorney General Letitia James of targeting him for “selective prosecution” to boost her political career, and urged a judge to quash subpoenas for testimony from him and two of his kids, including Eric. His lawyers have cited a litany of public remarks in which James “improperly and repeatedly threatened investigation and prosecution of former President Trump and his family as a campaign promise to garner votes, money and support, and now, as Attorney General, to gain political support.”
“Letitia James is not working on behalf of the Attorney General’s office, she is working for the DNC and using the resources of the State of New York to further her own political ambition,” DailyMail.com quoted Eric as saying.
He further said the NY AG is “vicious” and said she should be “disbarred and removed from office”. He said, “This conduct is an embarrassment to New York. Last week an 11-month-old girl was shot in the face on New York streets, crime is absolutely rampant, homelessness is through the roof, two brave law enforcement officers were just executed and 1.9 per cent of New Yorkers have fled the state in the last 12 months.
Yet Letitia’s sole focus, and all the resources of her office, remains on getting Donald Trump ā the leader of the Republican Party.” In 2019, James had launched a civil investigation into then-President Donald Trump and his companies. According to Daily Mail, the AG’s office claimed to have found “significant evidence indicating that the Trump Organization used fraudulent or misleading asset valuations to obtain a host of economic benefits, including loans, insurance coverage, and tax deductions.”
