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   From: democrats@suck.com   
      
   NYGOP chairman called the situation a case of 'political insiders rigging   
   the system to protect their own'   
      
   Language in a new budget bill up for a vote later Wednesday evening could   
   put New York taxpayers on the hook for state Attorney General Letitia   
   James' legal fees in a fraud case being brought against her by the Trump   
   administration.   
      
   Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issued her proposed $254 billion   
   budget last week, and the state legislature is set to begin voting on it   
   this week. On Wednesday evening, Republicans and Democrats in the   
   legislature will vote on the draft version of the state operations section   
   of the budget.   
      
   That section, according to a draft copy provided to Fox News Digital by   
   the state Republican Party, includes language that would compel taxpayers   
   to provide the money for a legal defense fund, that, while James is not   
   named in the bill, would theoretically cover the New York attorney   
   general's legal costs pertaining to fraud allegations brought against her   
   by the Trump administration's Federal Housing Finance Agency.   
      
   TRUMP FOE LETITIA JAMES LEADING CHARGE ON NEW MULTISTATE LAWSUIT OVER HHS   
   CUTS   
      
   The draft language, compiled by the Democrat-controlled executive branch,   
   Senate majority and Assembly majority, would set aside $10 million for   
   elected officials in the state to use for their legal defense when the   
   case is in direct response to the official's exercise of their duties.   
      
   James' attorney, Abbe Lowell, who was obtained for her by the New York   
   State Attorney General's Office, characterized the Trump administration's   
   mortgage fraud claims against James as "political retribution" for her   
   decision to go after Donald Trump over allegations he falsified business   
   documents to obtain favorable business positions.   
      
   NY AG'S OFFICE HIRES ATTORNEY THAT REPPED HUNTER BIDEN TO DEFEND LETITIA   
   JAMES AGAINST FRAUD ACCUSATIONS   
      
   According to the draft language of the New York operations budget bill, a   
   state official would be permitted to use money from the legal defense fund   
   if the official has previously had interactions with the U.S. government   
   or a U.S. government official in the course of their official duties.   
   There are additional criteria which would also apply to James,   
   particularly when considering her former case brought against Trump that   
   led to the first ever felony conviction of a U.S. president.   
      
   The sources who provided the operations budget draft language said it   
   should be made publicly available some time Wednesday.   
      
   ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST LETITIA JAMES CALLS FOR NY STATE COURTS TO   
   INVESTIGATE TRUMP ADMIN FRAUD CLAIMS   
      
   "Donald Trump promised a vicious revenge tour when he ran in 2024, and   
   he’s put Attorney General James at the top of his list, and we’re ready to   
   respond to these attacks," a spokesperson for James told Fox News Digital   
   on Wednesday. The spokesperson added that James plans to use both private   
   and public state funds to mount her defense.   
      
   Meanwhile, New York GOP Chair Ed Cox told the New York Post that "this is   
   what corruption looks like."   
      
   "Political insiders rigging the system to protect their own, while   
   hardworking families get shortchanged," Cox accused in a statement to the   
   New York Post. "Tish James used her office to wage partisan lawfare   
   against her political opponents, and now New Yorkers are footing the bill   
   for the consequences."   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/taxpayers-could-forced-fund-trump-foe-   
   letitia-james-legal-defense-dem-budget-item-passes   
      
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