Letitia James

The states involved say the Department of Health and Human Services is putting conditions on billions of dollars in funding.

The plaintiffs allege new HHS policy requires certified compliance with a presidential executive order they say defines gender in ways that marginalize transgender people.

New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses the federal government of forcing states to choose between their values and vital federal dollars.

Rhode Island AG Peter Norona said he believes the HHS policy aims to bully states into compliance.

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It's nothing more than retribution.

Retribution for basically doing my job.

For doing my job following a two-year investigation and a congressional hearing.

It wasn't political.

It was based on facts and the application of the evidence.

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system.

He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding, all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General.

These charges are baseless, and the president's own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost.

The president's actions are a grave violation of our constitutional order and have drawn sharp criticism from members of both parties.

His decision to fire a United States attorney who refused to bring charges against me and replace them with someone who is blindly loyal not to the law but to the president is antithetical to the bedrock principles of our country.

are basically saying in judicial words that they just don't believe the Trump administration, that what they're doing is untethered to the facts on the ground.

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