{"id":2365233,"date":"2024-11-06T16:18:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T21:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-attorney-general-prepared-to-fight-back-amid-unexpected-trump-victory-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T16:19:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T21:19:07","slug":"new-york-attorney-general-prepared-to-fight-back-amid-unexpected-trump-victory-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-attorney-general-prepared-to-fight-back-amid-unexpected-trump-victory-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"New York attorney general \u2018prepared to fight back\u2019 amid unexpected Trump victory &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-attorney-general-prepared-to-fight-back-amid-unexpected-trump-victory-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2365233&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York Attorney \u200dGeneral\u2064 Letitia James expressed surprise at the unexpected victory\u200d of President-elect Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential\u200c election against Vice President Kamala Harris. During a press conference, James stated that\u200b her office had not anticipated this\u200c outcome but \u200dwas prepared \u2064to respond effectively. She affirmed her confidence in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-ducks-emergency-appeal-in-tennessee-abortion-case\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Ducks Emergency Appeal in Tennessee Abortion Case\">ongoing legal battle<\/a> regarding a $454 million civil fraud judgment against Trump, emphasizing that her office has been preparing for potential challenges and is ready to\u200d continue\u2064 using\u200c the rule of law\u200b to\u200c combat any injustice. James also warned against any possible retribution from Trump, \u2062who has indicated he\u200d might\u200b pursue consequences for his legal \u200cadversaries. Her statements come in light of\u200d reports suggesting that special counsel \u200dJack Smith may be considering <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">ending federal \u200dcriminal cases<\/a> against Trump due to his electoral success.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">New York attorney general &lsquo;prepared to fight back&rsquo; amid unexpected Trump victory<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1875154\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>New York Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/letitia-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Letitia James<\/a> expressed shock Wednesday, saying her office &ldquo;did not expect&rdquo; Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a> to lose the presidential election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>James and her office have been in a legal battle over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3131094\/new-york-attorney-general-confident-in-fraud-verdict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">$454 million civil fraud judgment<\/a> against President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>, telling the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that she is &ldquo;confident&rdquo; her judgment will be upheld. Since then, Trump has won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2024 presidential election<\/a> against Harris, with James congratulating Trump on his victory Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We did not expect this result, but we are prepared to respond to this result,&rdquo; James said during a press conference. &ldquo;And my office has been preparing for several months because we&rsquo;ve been here before. We faced this challenge before, and we use the rule of law to fight back, and we are prepared to fight back once again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/24tIOGAyPNQ?si=BP5rmgbwDGxUzJJh\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>James concluded that her office and the state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York<\/a> would continue to oppose &ldquo;injustice&rdquo; and are prepared for any attempts at &ldquo;revenge or retribution&rdquo; by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a>. Trump has suggested several times on the 2024 campaign trail he would<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3032023\/trump-says-no-and-maybe-pursuing-revenge-prosecutions-if-elected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> pursue retribution against the opponents in his legal battles<\/a>, though he has also stated that this mindset &ldquo;has to stop.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>James&rsquo;s comments come amid reports that special counsel Jack Smith is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3221135\/jack-smith-plans-dismiss-federal-cases-against-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">planning to end both of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terrorism-homicide-prosecutors-brought-in-to-try-capitol-riot-defendants-for-crimes-like-trespassing\/\" title=\"Terrorism, Homicide Prosecutors Brought In To Try Capitol Riot Defendants For Crimes Like Trespassing\">federal criminal cases<\/a> following Trump&rsquo;s victory<\/a>. The president-elect was largely expected to order his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Justice<\/a> to dismiss the cases once he assumed office on Jan. 20, though a source told Fox News the decision could come from Smith well before Trump takes his oath of office.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s victory in the 2024 election became official Wednesday morning when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3210669\/donald-trump-wins-2024-election-defeating-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he surpassed the 270 electoral vote threshold needed to win the presidency<\/a>. The former president, who first won the White House in 2016 but lost reelection in 2020, is only the second president to win two nonconsecutive presidential elections, the first being former President Grover Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>It was confirmed Wednesday afternoon that <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/politics\/news\/kamala-harris-donald-trump-concession-1236202820\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Harris called Trump to concede the election<\/a>, urging him to be a president for &ldquo;all Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1875154\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1875154\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York AG Letitia James vows to fight back after Trump&#8217;s win<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2365234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Letitia-James-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32116,32869,32120,43466,32076],"class_list":["post-2365233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-attorney-general","tag-legal-battle","tag-new-york","tag-trump-victory","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Letitia-James-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365237,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365233\/revisions\/2365237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}