{"id":1004183,"date":"2026-08-16T09:48:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T09:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1004183\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T09:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T09:48:30","slug":"trump-endorses-letitia-james-rival-for-ny-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1004183\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump endorses Letitia James’ rival for NY Attorney General"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York\u00a0Attorney General\u00a0Letitia James has drawn a Trump-backed challenger, with President Donald Trump throwing his \u201ccomplete and total endorsement\u201d behind Republican Saritha Komatireddy<\/a> in a bid to oust his longtime political foe.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is my Great Honor to endorse America First Patriot, Saritha Komatireddy, who is running to be the next\u00a0Attorney General\u00a0of the once wonderful State of New York,\u201d Trump wrote in a Friday Truth Social post. \u201cBetween Kathy Hochul and the Most Corrupt Attorney General in the Country, Letitia James, it has gone to HELL!\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s endorsement of Komatireddy, who he nominated to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 2020, comes as he continues pressing for James to be prosecuted<\/a> over mortgage fraud allegations, adding another front to his years-long feud with the Democratic attorney general who once took him to court.<\/p>\n

Trump spoke on Aug. 14 at the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence in Garden City, New York. REUTERS<\/p>\n

Trump did not mince his words in his criticism of James, who successfully sued Trump and The Trump Organization in 2022<\/a>, accusing them of fraudulently inflating the value of assets on financial statements to obtain more favorable loans.<\/p>\n

An appeals court later wiped out the nearly $465 million financial penalty against Trump, ruling the massive disgorgement award violated the Constitution\u2019s prohibition on excessive fines.<\/p>\n

\u201cLetitia \u2018Peekaboo\u2019 James, is considered by many to be the WORST Attorney General in our Country. She is a Complete and Total Disaster, who tried running against Kathy Hochul for Governor, and got less than 1% of the Vote in the Polls, and QUIT, taking many innocent suckers down with her,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cShe then went back to her WITCH HUNT against your favorite President, (ME!), and others, yet Murder and other Violent Crime is RAGING OUT OF CONTROL in New York, as People and Businesses flee, in Record Numbers, to other States!\u201d<\/p>\n

New York Attorney General Letitia James spoke at a press conference in Manhattan on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post<\/p>\n

He contrasted James to Komatireddy<\/a>, touting her qualifications as Drug Enforcement Administration chief of staff, a former federal prosecutor, and that she clerked for\u00a0Brett Kavanaugh, who went on to become a Supreme Court justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the other hand, as your next Attorney General, Saritha Komatireddy will fight tirelessly to Ensure LAW AND ORDER, Grow our Economy, Champion our Law Enforcement and First Responders, Support our Military\/Veterans, Advance Election Integrity, Keep our Border SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Uphold our Constitution, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n

Komatireddy, who has been outspoken against James\u2019 handling of the state\u2019s fraud investigations, thanked Trump for his endorsement.<\/p>\n

Saritha Komatireddy visited the Gertrude Ederle Playground in Manhattan on Aug. 15. Robert Miller for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cI was honored to be nominated to be a federal judge by the President in 2020 and I\u2019m honored to receive his endorsement today. I\u2019m working hard to win the support of all New Yorkers and defeat Letitia James this November,\u201d Komatireddy wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to James\u2019 campaign for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York\u00a0Attorney General\u00a0Letitia James has drawn a Trump-backed challenger, with President Donald Trump throwing his \u201ccomplete and total…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1004184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,49772,69,24980,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-1004183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-attorney-general","tag-donald-trump","tag-letitia-james","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117104561777214522","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1004183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1004184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1004183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1004183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1004183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}