Attorney General Promises To Battle Trump At Bed-Stuy Block Party

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — Attorney General Letitia James stopped by an annual Bed-Stuy block party Tuesday night to promise locals she'd continue to do legislative battle with the President Donald Trump.

"I'm going to stand up and do what's right," James said, "because nobody's above the law."

James, a newly elected Democrat who campaigned on the promise that she'd investigate Trump's business dealings in New York State, garnered cheers from the crowd who gathered on Macon Street between Patchen and Ralph streets for the local block association's annual evening of jazz.

The New York State attorney general also responded to Trump's recent Twitter assertions that James was "a bludgeoning tool" for Gov. Andrew Cuomo and accusations that she was harassing his businesses, "in search of anything at all they can find to make me look as bad as possible."

"Donald Trump said some stuff about me," James told the crowd. "But I'm going to keep on doing what I'm doing."

James' has garnered a reputation as "one of the most aggressive and ambitious litigators in the country" since she claimed the Attorney General's office in January.

Her office has opened a civil investigation into the Trump Organization's business dealings and is spearheading a lawsuit, brought predecessor Barbara Underwood, against the now-defunct Trump Foundation.

The New York Attorney General will also argue against a proposal to add citizen status to the 2020 census in the Supreme Court and has joined a coalition of 20 states to block funding for Trump's proposed border wall.