Letitia James is the first Black woman elected as attorney general of New York. She is known for her legal battles with Donald Trump and her role in investigating New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. James, who goes by Tish, in 2024 successfully sued the Trump Organization, the Trump family business, for inflating its net worth to defraud investors, winning a judgment against Trump in excess of half a billion dollars. (The penalty was later thrown out, but the finding that he inflated assets was upheld.) The next year, with Trump back in office, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted James on charges that she lied on a mortgage application. The charges were subsequently dismissed.
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