Just when it seems like everybody's caving to Benedict Donald, New York Attorney General Letitia James is standing firm.
"What?" she said. "Toss the $497 million civil fraud judgment against Trump? Fuhgeddabboutit."
James's office refused to grant Trump's request to drop the case, sending Trump's attorney a letter that became public today. "The ordinary burdens of civil litigation do not impede the President’s official duties in a way that violates the U.S. Constitution," the deputy solicitor general wrote.
Good for Team James. It's been pretty discouraging to watch members of the media (and, to be frank, some world leaders) obeying in advance. It reminds us a lot of how cowed our side was after September 11, 2001, which was why we were thrilled when a fighter like Vermont Governor Howard Dean emerged to give the Bushies hell. We loved him for it then, and we still love him.
Today, we all have to take a page from Tish James's book and from other legal-beagle warriors like Marc Elias, and pound these Trumpsters into dust. We can do it because they will erf up — in fact, they're already doing it. And while we can't guarantee that we'll always win in court, we can absolutely help them collapse under the weight of their own idiocy by being loud and mocking. (Donald hates that.) We cats PURR.
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