Who is NY AG Letitia James?

Donald Trump and Letitia James, side-by-side photo (AP)

New York Attorney General Letitia James made history when she won in 2018 and took office in January 2019 as the first Black woman elected to statewide office, the state’s first Black attorney general and the first woman elected to the post.

She successfully secured a second term in 2022 when she beat Republican Michael Henry.

James began investigating Former President Donald Trump almost immediately when she first took office in 2019. When Trump was serving as Commander in Chief, James sued his administration dozens of times. She has previously regarded Trump a "con man," ″carnival barker" and "fear monger."

In November 2022, Trump sued James and claimed she was abusing her position.

"Today, I filed a lawsuit in Florida State Circuit Court against the corrupt Attorney General of New York State, Letitia ‘Peekaboo’ James," Trump wrote in an email to his supporters.

In the statement, Trump added: "Crooked and highly partisan James now thinks it is the business of the state of New York to go after my revocable trust and pry into my private estate plan, only to look for ways to recklessly injure me, my family, my businesses, and my tens of millions of supporters."