Long-Time Democrat Operative Summarizes Letitia James’ Antics With Four Damning Words

Longtime Democrat operative Julian Epstein appeared on Fox News Friday and blasted Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James’ decision to appeal a ruling that overturned a $454 million civil fraud judgment against President Donald Trump.

James formally notified the court Thursday that she will appeal last month’s ruling tossing Trump’s $454 million civil fraud penalty, aiming to reinstate both the fine and the fraud finding against him and his company. In an appearance on “The Evening Edit,” Epstein said the case was politically motivated and fundamentally flawed.

“It’s the same reaction that I’ve had with most of Letitia’s James’ antics and her pursuit of Trump. It’s doubling down on dumb,” Epstein said. “[In] the case in the appeals court in New York in August, you had mostly liberal Democratic appointed judges who all said that the judgment was way out of whack, that it was an Eighth Amendment violation.”

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