Police against Letitia James was extensively
investigated
for 5 months, and President Trump's hand-picked
Attorney General Eric Siebert could not
find any evidence that he committed a crime. So is the President saying here, it doesn't matter if there's a crime, he just wants his political enemies to be charged? Well, let me just walk you through Letitia James. Letitia James completely
abused
her oath of office. Letitia James was actively and openly engaged in lawfare. You talk about weaponizing the Department of Justice. What was Letitia James's campaign slogan? It was, prosecute Donald Trump. She was saying she was going to prosecute Donald Trump before she even knew if Donald Trump committed a crime, which of course we did not. Those are not the words of a serious prosecutor. Those are the words of a corrupt
politician who is abusing their power. She actively campaigned on that. She also led the witch hunt, the financial fraud investigation
against President Trump and the Trump Organization in an appeals court, tossed that case out, a $500 million civil fraud penalty in August, which was another win for the President, and exonerated him of this witch hunt and showed that this is an individual who is corrupt and abused her oath of office. And we also have evidence
of her mortgage fraud. An April report from a white-collar fraud investigator found that there was documented evidence that James engaged in a consistent pattern of financial and property disclosures
that raise serious legal questions. Well, why won't the president accept the conclusions
of
his Justice Department to not bring charges against Letitia James. In fact, you had Bondi and Blanche top DOJ leadership who were against ousting Eric Siebert, who again, was picked by President Trump. I just answered that question for you, and the President has every right to express how he feels about these people who literally
campaigned
on trying to put him in jail, who literally tried to ruin his life and ruin his businesses,
and he wants to see accountability for those who abuse their office and abuse
their power. And Letitia James absolutely did that, whether you want to admit it or not. Is Abritt not retributioned, though? Jeff, it's accountability. Going back to the President's social media posts from over the weekend
regarding
the DOJ and his
seeming frustration that they hadn't
taken action quickly enough, I want to point to
something that the President said during his inaugural address. Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents. We will not allow that to happen.
Is the President going back on his promise?
No. In fact, the President is
fulfilling his promise to restore a Department of Justice that demands accountability.
And it is not weaponizing the Department of Justice to demand accountability for those who weaponized
the Department of Justice. And nobody knows what that looks like more than President Trump.
We are not going to tolerate gaslighting
from anyone in the media or from anyone on the other side who is trying to say that it's the president who is weaponizing the DOJ. It was Joe Biden
and his attorney general who weaponized the DOJ. Joe Biden used this sacred American institution to go after his political opponent in the middle of an election year. And you look at people like Adam Schiff and like James Comey and like Letitia James, who the president is rightfully frustrated.
He wants accountability
for these corrupt
fraudsters who abuse their power, who abuse their oath of office to target the former president and then candidate for the highest office in the land.
And I think the president is reaffirmed in those frustrations and his hope for accountability
by the millions and millions of people who re-elected him to this office with a mandate to demand accountability.
And the president has not been shy about this, Gabe. In fact, when he traveled to the Department of Justice earlier this year, All of you were there to cover it. He said, quote, I demand a full and complete accountability for wrongs and abuses that have occurred. The American people gave a mandate to investigate and root the corruption out of our system. And that's what the president wants to see done.
