New York Attorney General Letitia James on Trump’s Disastrous Start
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Is the New York Attorney General investigating potential market manipulation?
Concerned about even potential market manipulation? Is that something that you're concerned about or looking at?
We do police Wall Street. And all that I can say is that we've been looking at a lot of this conduct at this point in time to determine whether or not it's actionable.
I'm joined by New York Attorney General Letitia James. I gotta ask you, what is your grade for Donald Trump's first 100 days in office?
Oh, Ben, that's not fair. Come on. Listen, it's, well, I have to give him an A for coming in and renovating Penn Station. That's a good thing. And so I wish he would do more of that and then he and I would be of, you know, on common ground. So, yeah.
More renovating, less violating due process.
Definitely. Definitely. Now, I'm not sure about renaming it after him, but certainly renovating it is a great idea to save money for taxpayers in the great state of New York. But at the same time, one, he should understand and someone this is a teaching moment. And so I want to teach him about due process. which is in our Constitution, the federal Constitution, and the state Constitution. And it entitles individuals to hearings before, in fact, they are convicted of any crimes, including but not limited to, individuals who are about to be deported. They are entitled to a hearing before an administrative judge or a judge of due course. So it's important, President Trump, that you understand and recognize that because we realize that obviously you want to follow the law, but you have to exercise due process.
Tell us about the work by the Attorney General's office over the past 100 days. A lot of lawsuits and a lot of great work.
We've been busy. You know, this is not the outcome that we wanted. But this is the outcome that's before us. And so prior to Election Day, we decided to get ready. And so a number of Democratic attorneys general, we analyzed Project 2025 because that is his playbook, their playbook. We analyze jurisdiction and venue and standing and causes of actions and claims and defenses and our constitution. And so on day one, the first EO regarding birthright citizenship, which, as you know, is in the 14th Amendment, within 48 hours, we responded. And we've responded ever since. As of right now, I have been involved in 15 lawsuits. We've led quite a few. amicus briefs, amici briefs. We've also issued guidance letters. We've done a number of Know Your Rights training courses and classes.
And we've responded to the fears and to the needs of New Yorkers, obviously, who are just concerned about all the chaos and confusion that they are witnessing, not only in New York, but across this state.
Part of that chaos and confusion also is New York, a vibrant immigrant community, a lot of people have temporary protected status. They came here, they did it the right way, they were here lawfully, and they didn't think though, even though Trump was saying a lot of stuff during the campaign, that he was gonna go after people on TPS, and he's going after lots of immigrant communities, including immigrant communities who supported him. So what are you doing on that front?
So he's going after Haitians and Venezuelans, individuals who fled violence, individuals who were victims of political prosecution, individuals who were just concerned about their own personal safety. And so they came to this country seeking temporary protective status. And now that program, The president of the United States seeks to eliminate it, notwithstanding the fact that in Haiti, they are still in the midst of a civil war and countless number of individuals, unfortunately, are being subjected to violence. There are individuals, members of the LGBTQ community, Venezuelans and Haitians who are fleeing the country because they are being, you know, There are individuals who have come to this country, obviously fleeing violence, looking for a better opportunity and just wanna be a part of the fabric of our country and wanna contribute so much to our country. But unfortunately right now, they're not going to school, they're not going to work, they're not going to our courthouses.
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