Donald Trump-hating prosecutor Letitia James says her 'singular focus' is getting Kamala Harris elected while trying to SEIZE ex-president's properties, including Trump Tower

New York Attorney General Letitia James says getting Kamala Harris elected president is her 'singular focus', contempt plentifulness of cases connected her hands.

James led nan prosecution of Donald Trump that won a $454 cardinal judgement against him in February for inflating nan worth of his properties.

Trump, who was besides banned from doing business successful New York for 3 years, is appealing nan verdict arsenic nan good accrues interest, and James will effort to prehend his assets if he fails to salary up.

Vice President Harris is nan presumptive Democratic nominee aft President Joe Biden dropped retired of nan title against Trump connected Sunday.

James quickly endorsed Harris and continued her support erstwhile appearing connected MSNBC connected Tuesday night.

 Host Joy Reid asked her if she hoped Harris would name her US attorney-general if she defeated Trump astatine nan November 5 election.

'I'm focused astatine this constituent successful clip connected securing nan information for Vice President Harris, and past yet getting her elected,' she replied.

'That is my singular attraction astatine this constituent successful time, and continuing to guidelines up for nan norm of rule and representing nan citizens of nan awesome authorities of New York, arsenic we do each and each day. 

'As you know, we're successful nan midst of a proceedings against nan NRA today... we will prosecute that trial, proceed that proceedings to verdict and get benefits for nan residents of... New York.'

James listed various points of attraction for her office, that notably did not see prosecuting criminals.

'Standing up for nan LGBTQ community, opinionated up for reproductive rights, opinionated up for our environment, opinionated up for seniors, marginalized and susceptible populations, opinionated up for what is right,' she said.

'But that's what I do each and each day. And that's what I americium focused on, successful summation to electing Vice President Kamala Harris.'

James compared herself to Harris, who for illustration her was a territory lawyer successful San Francisco and past Attorney-General of California.

'Vice President Harris, erstwhile she was nan attorney-general, was responsible for going aft banks who were responsible for nan foreclosure crisis,' she said.

'She defended nan Affordable Care Act. She went aft awesome corporations that engaged successful deceptive business practices.

'She went aft those individuals who abused nan rule some arsenic it relates to women, who engaged successful intersexual maltreatment of women. 

'She went aft individuals again who violated nan criminal code, nan civilian code. She is overqualified to beryllium president of these United States.'

James was besides asked astir racist attacks by Republicans connected Harris, which began almost arsenic soon arsenic Biden dropped out, calling her a 'DEI hire'.

'She's a DEI hire, right? She's a woman. She's colored. Therefore, she's sewage to beryllium good,' 1 man successful a clip Reid played said.

James said Republicans were 'running scared' astatine nan imaginable of facing Harris astatine nan election, and 'have thing other different than racism and sexism'.

'When you person thing else, unfortunately, you conscionable entreaty to nan racist among us, nan achromatic nationalists among us. That's all,' she said.

'The reality is, is that Kamala Harris, Vice President Harris, is qualified. And, oftentimes, she's underestimated, but she's an overachiever.

'And that's why I person wholeheartedly endorsed her. And it's unfortunate that individuals are conscionable amplifying racism and sexism, and it's wholly inappropriate. And I will not dignify it pinch a response.'

James besides unloaded connected Trump, including his family history successful New York, and called connected Americans to ballot against him.

'I person spoken to immoderate individuals who utilized to unrecorded successful immoderate of his buildings successful Brooklyn who he and his begetter discriminated against because they were African-American,' she said.

'And those individuals show maine nan types of strategies that they engaged in. And truthful it's really critically important that individuals understand nan characteristic and nan type of individual that Donald Trump represents. 

'And nan truth is, is that he is nary respecter of titles and is an individual who will stoop to a definite lows, obviously, to execute his objective.

'He's not concerned astir nan norm of law, not concerned astir nan interests of working-class group successful this country, not concerned astir uniting us. It's each astir really he tin use himself and his family.'

Judge Arthur Engoron found Trump and his sons Eric and Donald Jr of civilian fraud successful nan lawsuit spearheaded by James.

He ruled they conspired to inflate nan worth of properties on financial statements to banks and insurers, and altered Trump's nett worthy to summation taxation and security benefits.

'From 2011-2021, Mr. Trump and nan Trump Organization knowingly and intentionally created much than 200 mendacious and misleading valuations of assets connected his yearly Statements of Financial Condition to defraud financial institutions,' James agency explained successful 2022.

Independent officials will monitor Trump's businesses successful New York to guarantee nary further lawbreaking.

Trump has appealed nan ruling, but faces mounting liking of $1 cardinal each 9 days until he pays up, and his assets could beryllium seized if he doesn't. 

James has vowed to prehend Trump's assets if he fails to fork complete nan monolithic colony - which is expanding $87,502 each time until he pays.