The Worm Turns and Turns

SCOPE published a list of the 10 most egregious anti-2nd Amendment bills proposed in the NY legislature.  It was not easy to get the list down to just ten!

It would be equally hard to name the most anti-2nd Amendment politician in NY State.  It would be difficult because there are so many ‘deserving’ politicians to choose from.  But certainly, NY Attorney General Letitia James would be a prominent part of that discussion.

One of Letitia James’ strategies is to run up the cost of lawsuits brought by NYS citizens against NY State, hoping the NYS citizens will run out of money to finance their lawsuits while she uses the NYS taxpayers’ bottomless pockets to defend anti-2A laws.

James, herself, is now the subject of a Federal Housing Finance Agency’s criminal referral over her private real estate affairs and perjury.  It has nothing to do with her official position.* 

You will probably be unhappy to know she may still be dipping into the taxpayers’ pockets to defend herself.

When the NY State legislature passed Governor Hochul’s $254 billion state budget package, it included a $10 million criminal defense slush fund that would seemingly cover any state employee 1) facing any federal “legally compulsive process” (e.g., subpoenas and so on) as of Jan. 1, 2025, 2) who can claim the federal probe is “a result of the employee’s New York State employment or duties.”

Wanna bet it will be linked to her duties; it will be defined as President Trump’s revenge for her lawsuits against him, ignoring that she it is reasonably alleged to have committed real estate fraud as a private citizen.

Deputy State Senate Majority Leader Michael Gianaris (Democrat-Queens) defended that the law is needed “because we are currently in an environment politically where the legal system, the prosecutorial system, investigative bodies of government are being used to target political enemies.”

Is he talking about the Biden administration’s “Lawfare?”  No.

Is he talking about James getting elected on the promise of using her office to “get” Trump?  No.

Gianaris seems to have missed those actions.

And the hypocrisy doesn’t stop with Gianaris.  When ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo sued to make NY State taxpayers fund his defense against sexual harassment suits, Letitia James stated, “Andrew Cuomo… believes sexual harassment was within his ‘scope of employment’ as governor. Sexually harassing young women who work for you is not part of anyone’s job description. Taxpayers should not have to pony up for legal bills that could reach millions of dollars so Mr. Cuomo’s lawyer can attack survivors of his abuse,”

When prosecuting Trump, James said, 'Everyday Americans cannot lie to a bank to get a mortgage.’  She’s right, everyday Americans can’t, but James obviously doesn’t consider herself an everyday American.

The NYS taxpayer may yet get off the hook as James has established a private legal defense fund to fight possible federal charges, so she may not need a taxpayer bailout.  Anyone potentially doing business with the NY Attorney General’s office would do well to consider a donation.

But it’s the thought that counts and NY Democrats are definitely thinking about protecting anyone who is anti-2nd Amendment.

*  Here are the allegations of perjury and real estate fraud:

James signed—under oath—on a federally backed mortgage application. 

On Aug 2, 2023, she wrote: “This property WILL NOT be my primary residence" for her Sterling St, Virginia property. 

On Aug 17, she signed a sworn declaration stating that it will be used as her primary residence.  She never moved.

It’s alleged that two top AG staffers witnessed the statement.

Did the false statement get her a lower interest rate, reduced down payment and waived reserve requirements?

In addition, James’ Brooklyn property has 5 legal units, but for 20 years James claimed only 4 units on loans, permits, and a federal loan modification.  That let her qualify for easier, cheaper loans.  

And finally, James also claimed that she was married to her father in an earlier, unrelated loan application.  How does one mistake being married to their father?