New York Attorney General Letitia James spoke outside of a federal court in New York City on Friday about a lawsuit filed by her and other Democratic attorneys general against the Trump administration concerning the actions of DOGE and access to information.
James is attempting to impede DOGE’s efforts to uncover fraud, waste, and abuse. During her speech, she made several false statements. She asserted that Elon Musk, whom she referred to as a “private individual” who was not elected by anyone and was not authorized to access the information. She also claimed that he did not undergo any vetting process and was not held accountable for his actions.
NY AG Letitia James goes on angry, unhinged rant against Trump and Elon over cutting funds to New York:
“Elon Musk is not tethered to any accountability at all!’ pic.twitter.com/QlDAueVauh
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 14, 2025
James incorrectly stated that Social Security and veterans payments had been frozen, deeming it unconstitutional and “ultra vias (sic),” though she likely meant “ultra vires,” indicating actions beyond their authority. However, she seemed to mispronounce the term. Furthermore, she insisted that Musk, Treasury officials, and Trump were not exempt from the law.
She completely ignored that Musk was named the head of the Department of Government of Efficiency (DOGE) as part of the Executive Office of the President by the duly elected president, Donald Trump. She ignored that Musk is a “special government employee,” not a private citizen. She also falsely claimed he has not been vetted, when indeed, he has top security clearance. He likely has more vetting than the regular employees who view the information (who are also “unelected”).
James claimed it was a “violation of separation of powers,” and that they needed consent from Congress — as though the president doesn’t have a right to review his own executive branch. That’s what it really gets down to here — they’re trying to impair the president from doing his job and having his advisors do theirs.
“It is up to us to prevent him [Elon Musk] from having access to that private information,” James said. They intend to interfere in the powers of the executive branch.
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Maybe James wants to check into why the DOJ has filed suit against her and NY Governor Kathy Hochul in regard to illegal immigration while we’re talking about the “rule of law?” She wants to talk about the rule of law–with the mess that they have in New York when it comes to illegal aliens?
No, she’d rather do a theatrical performance attacking Trump and Musk. She doesn’t understand, or maybe she doesn’t care, that she’s on the wrong side in every way. If she thinks this is raising her national profile in a good way for future office, she’s sadly mistaken.
