"A group of some of New York's most influential female elected officials joined Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani on Friday to slam President Trump's Justice Department for indicting state Attorney General Letitia James. At the same time, the group also condemned mayoral hopeful and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo for refusing to name either the president or New York's top law enforcement official in his Oct. 9 statement, shortly after news broke of the indictment."
"Trump's Justice Department hit New York's AG, one of his long-time enemies, with bank fraud and false statement charges in the Eastern District of Virginia late Thursday afternoon. James herself called the case a desperate weaponization of our justice system and baseless. James drew Trump's ire after her office successfully won a civil fraud case against him and his family last year."
"Mamdani, a democratic socialist Queens Assembly member, gathered on Oct. 10 with fellow Democratic pols, including Rep. Nydia Velazquez (Brooklyn/Queens), City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, and Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn in Manhattan's Foley Square to denounce James' indictment. During the event, Mamdani assailed the indictment as a blatant miscarriage of justice and an act of political retribution."
Zohran Mamdani led a Foley Square rally with influential female elected officials to condemn the federal indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James. Officials criticized the Justice Department for bringing bank fraud and false statement charges in the Eastern District of Virginia. James called the indictment a desperate weaponization of the justice system and baseless. James previously won a civil fraud judgment against Donald Trump and his family and participated in federal lawsuits opposing Trump administration policies on gender-affirming care, state funding, and immigrant protections. Mamdani labeled the indictment a blatant miscarriage of justice and political retribution, noting a federal prosecutor was handpicked after other DOJ attorneys declined.
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