The MeidasTouch Podcast
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Trump’s Disastrous Start
Thu, 01 May 2025
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas interviews New York Attorney General Letitia James on Trump’s disaster start to his presidency, whether her office is looking into market manipulation, and more. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: 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.
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Chapter 2: How does Letitia James grade Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office?
And so it's really critically important that we put in place
There are individuals who are fleeing gangs, who do not want to be a part of gangs, and who need the protection of these United States because what they want to do is just contribute to the fabric of this country, contribute to the economy, work each and every day, go to church each and every day, want the same thing that you and I want, and that is to live in a community where they can uphold the law and respect all of the laws
of this great country and our respective state.
You know, we heard last week how Trump's FBI arrested a sitting Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge, a state court judge, inside of her courthouse as she was administering the law in her daily docket. They made a bunch of accusations against her.
the very idea of running sting operations inside state courtrooms when people are showing up as part of the docket and a judge is assessing, you know, individuals showing up, you know, and they may be migrants. I think you mentioned there too, that also has a, one, I want to get your thoughts on it, but two,
Doesn't that also have a chilling effect on people then not showing up to the courthouses to begin with in the first place and the exact opposite result of what Trump says he wants to happen happening anyway?
Yeah, it has a chilling effect on immigrants, again, who are witnesses to violent crimes, not only here in New York, but all across this country. It's also important to understand that if in fact they had an issue with how the judge handled the matter, they should have brought it up before the judicial committee that oversees the behavior, supervises the behavior of judges.
There's a disciplinary committee. that's responsible for judges. That's where it should have been handled as opposed to arresting a judge who was basically engaging in, you know, administering her courtroom and making sure that there was no chaos and confusion in her courtroom.
It's also important to note that as the, you know, we see the facts that the ICE agents had an administrative warrant as opposed to a judicial warrant. And so This administrative warrant did not have the force of an arrest. I believe they were just there to question the individual, perhaps take him into custody at some point in time.
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