'TORCHED': NY AG Letitia James criticized for poor debate performance

[0:00] New Yorkers, you do not have an attorney general right now. [0:04] For the last eight years, you've had a political hack [0:07] sitting in the chair using our taxpayer money [0:10] for her political purposes. [0:12] When the cameras are not there, neither is Tish James. [0:15] Political prosecutions are wrong. [0:17] As a federal prosecutor for 12 years, I never prosecuted anyone [0:21] because of their political beliefs or their political affiliations. [0:24] And I never will. [0:26] I have to look at the facts in the law. [0:27] When I'm attorney general on January 1, I'll do that. [0:29] You don't have to look at the facts in the law. [0:31] All you have to do is study what they do. [0:32] It is illegal in the state of New York, period. [0:34] Well, there you go. [0:35] You don't have to look at the facts in the law, gentlemen. [0:36] The bail laws are broken, and Letitia James broke them. [0:39] She was the largest champion for having this catch-and-release system. [0:42] The way forward is to allow judges in New York [0:45] to have discretion in every case and consider the dangerousness [0:48] of an individual before allowing them to go back into the community. [0:51] New York is the only state that does not allow that. [0:55] There's about $40 billion of unexplained spending. [0:58] Letitia James has failed to investigate. [1:01] The reality is we used to have one of the best Medicaid fraud units [1:05] in the country under previous Democratic attorney generals. [1:08] Cuomo, Schneiderman, we recovered about $250 million a year. [1:13] Letitia James came in, and it took a nosedive to $19 million. [1:17] Under previous Democratic attorney generals, [1:19] we got about 100 criminal convictions a year. [1:22] Under Letitia James, we came to an all-time low of eight. [1:26] She gets 2,000 patient abuse complaints a year [1:29] and gets maybe one or two convictions. [1:32] That means someone's punching an elderly patient in the nursing home, [1:35] and no one's doing anything. [1:37] We don't have a lack of authority. [1:39] We don't have a lack of resources. [1:40] We lack an attorney general who's willing to enforce the law. [1:43] I will. [1:44] Name a past New York attorney general that you admire. [1:52] Tick tock. [1:57] Only admires herself. [1:58] Uh-oh. [1:59] That's a Republican candidate for attorney general in New York. [2:04] That's a Republican candidate. [2:05] That's a Republican candidate. [2:06] That's a Republican candidate. [2:07] That's a Republican candidate already, [2:09] torching Democrat New York State AG. [2:10] Letitia James. [2:11] We looked at the footage. [2:12] James didn't have much to say in response. [2:14] Accusing James, not doing her basic enforcement job. [2:16] Instead, politicizing her office to go after Trump. [2:18] Then that was James saying, you don't have to look at the facts and the law to do this job. [2:21] All you have to do is look at their actions. [2:23] What they do? [2:24] Really? [2:25] Let's welcome to the show criminal defense attorney, [2:27] Fox News contributor, Josh Tritter. [2:29] Josh, it's good to see you. [2:30] What was your reaction when you heard that? [2:32] She tried to imprison President Trump. [2:34] It sounds like she's saying her opinion matters more, not facts or the law, [2:39] when it comes to how Letitia James does her job. [2:41] Yeah. [2:43] You described it as a torching and it absolutely was. [2:46] Remember, too, this was a debate that essentially had to be forced upon Letitia James. [2:51] She didn't want to participate in it. [2:53] And now it's become abundantly clear as to why that is. [2:56] She is woefully unqualified for the position that she holds. [2:59] And it's time for her to go. [3:01] Amongst all of the things and that highlight reel that you showed, [3:04] it was incredible. [3:05] Because you're watching a person who's obviously qualified as a prosecutor. [3:09] She's talking about facts, figures, evidence. [3:11] She has it all at her fingertips as to why Letitia James has failed at her job. [3:16] And one of the things that was pointed out that stood out to me as a former prosecutor [3:20] was this idea about the bail laws. [3:22] How she has taken the discretion away from judges. [3:25] Think about that. [3:26] You are the chief law enforcement individual in the state of New York. [3:30] And you're not allowing those in the, on the ground, [3:33] those judges and prosecutors who are seeing the crimes [3:36] and understand the individuals they're dealing with [3:38] to have any discretion in bail. [3:40] And that's what's leading to the rise in crime, rise in antisemitism [3:44] and all of the problems that New York has. [3:46] It was a really remarkable debate to watch unfold. [3:49] Yeah. [3:50] And, you know, Josh, to your point, what you're saying, [3:52] what you just said, that under Letitia James, [3:55] there's been only eight criminal convictions in cases [3:58] and prior Democrat AGs have brought 100. [4:01] So, you know, comment to Reddy, she's a former assistant U.S. [4:04] attorney for New York's Eastern District. [4:06] She's a former chief of staff for the DEA. [4:08] Again and again, she said James is more focused on politics [4:12] than going after crime. [4:13] How will this resonate with voters, do you think? [4:15] Hopefully they're watching. [4:19] And hopefully they saw it exposed because that's the problem. [4:22] If you're able to see this laid out so clearly, [4:25] there really isn't a choice. [4:26] And to that point about putting politics ahead of the actual job [4:31] of an AG and a prosecutor, we saw that just recently [4:34] and most evidently probably in the comments [4:37] that she made about the Cornell 7 case. [4:39] There she gives a Facebook or makes a Facebook post, [4:43] which is clearly indicating which way she's leaning on the case. [4:48] She invokes God in her own post. [4:52] She is the AG of New York. [4:54] It should not have been a shock to her that maybe this case [4:57] could end up on her table. [4:59] And for her to make those kind of comments, I think, [5:01] highlights this is a politician. [5:03] This is not a prosecutor. [5:04] Yeah. [5:05] I mean, she campaigned for the office on getting Trump, [5:09] repeatedly campaigned on getting Trump. [5:11] That's not the job of an AG. [5:13] They're supposed to weigh in the balance the facts [5:15] and disseminating the law. [5:17] Josh Ritter, thank you so much. 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