If Donald Trump was actually interested in a successful prosecution of New York attorney general Letitia James , he’d have handled it all very differently. He would have authorized a wide-ranging investigation of anything fishy about her conduct or her associations, kept his distance from it, and encouraged the development of an airtight case by credible prosecutors. And indeed, as recently as August, the Trump Justice Department seemed to be working on allegations of civil rights violations by James in her aggressive pursuit of Republicans and conservatives, including Trump himself.

But instead of letting a strong case against James mature, Trump jumped the gun very publicly. On September 20, he published a Truth Social post telling Attorney General Pam Bondi to get a move on i

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