The Department of Justice has quietly escalated investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James, issuing grand jury subpoenas and seeking documents tied to her high-profile cases against President Trump and others. Americans who believe in the rule of law should welcome transparency, not the protective secrecy favored by partisan elites who think they are above scrutiny.
Beyond grand juries, federal investigators have opened a separate mortgage-fraud inquiry into James’s real estate paperwork, with the FBI and special prosecutors now involved in examining whether she misrepresented her property status to obtain favorable loan terms. If public officials used the levers of power to enrich themselves or dodge rules they demanded of others, voters have a right to know and prosecutors have a duty to follow the evidence.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did not mince words, calling James “actively and openly engaged in lawfare” and defending the president’s insistence on accountability for those who weaponized government against his administration. For too long, Democrats have treated the justice system like a political cudgel; Americans who prize fairness should applaud efforts to investigate whether that cudgel was misused.
When career prosecutors declined to bring charges, President Trump and his allies pushed back — and the fallout has been immediate, with reports of U.S. attorneys resigning after coming under pressure for refusing to pursue politically fraught indictments. No one is arguing for kangaroo courts, but neither should powerful officeholders be insulated by party loyalty when credible questions about their conduct arise.
Critics will howl about “weaponization,” and the media will rush to frame accountability as revenge, but Americans remember who started the partisan legal crusades; Letitia James led a bruising campaign of litigation against President Trump that cost taxpayers and threatened the stability of private enterprise. If investigations expose abuse of power, conservatives and patriots must stand for the same standard of justice for everyone, regardless of party.
This moment is a test of principle: do we demand an impartial justice system that holds public servants to account, or do we accept selective enforcement that protects the powerful on the left while attacking the right? Hardworking Americans deserve a fair, transparent process — not political theater — and every legitimate lead in this probe should be followed to the end so that faith in our institutions can be restored.