You’d think the job of a state attorney general is to hunt down bad guys, or at least help other law-enforcement nab them, but just try telling that to New York AG Letitia James — who’s now busy targeting good guys, i.e, local law-enforcement officials who (heaven forfend!) even think about helping the feds detain illegal immigrants.
As The Post exclusively reported, James has demanded that Oswego County’s Sheriff’s Office hand over documents that may show cooperation with federal agencies such as ICE and Homeland Security.
This follows her similar bullying of Nassau County’s Sheriff’s Office in the wake of reports that it has the nerve to help the feds enforce immigration law.
Sources say she’s likely to target more counties.
To James, it seems, aiding immigration enforcement is the crime of the century, so she’ll use all her power to stop it.
Please. Doesn’t her office have anything better to do?
Yes, we know: New York’s wacko statutes and executive orders by Govs. Andrew Cuomo and Kathy Hochul purport to restrict local cops’ efforts to help federal agents enforce immigration law.
Yet surely there’s enough other work for her staff to focus on.
Crime statewide, for starters, rose 31% from 2019 to 2023, and 46% in the city. Where’s James & Co. been?
Besides, 80% of New Yorkers want the feds to boot illegal migrants who’ve been convicted of crimes, a Siena poll found.
Then again, James also used her office to war on President Donald Trump — and anyone who does his bidding — for years; rarely a day goes by without her taking some legal action against him or his team.
Just last week, she sued Trump for moving to overturn California’s EV mandates; the day before, for deploying the National Guard in Los Angeles.
Not to mention her attempt to bankrupt Trump to keep him from running in 2024.
Of course, James spent her years as NYC’s public advocate filing endless Hail-Mary lawsuits, too; none of it did much for regular New Yorkers, but it raised her profile enough to let her grab the AG job after scandal forced out Eric Schneiderman.
But, sorry: Endless pandering to the Democratic Party’s left-wing base isn’t a serious statewide winner even in New York; the press corps (most of which is part of that base) may eat it up, but most voters won’t.
They still think public servants are supposed to . . . serve the public.
