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Updated · Fox News · Sep 2
NY Prosecutor Alleges AG Office Ordered Staff to Find Crimes Against Trump, Email Later Wiped
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Sep 2

NY Prosecutor Alleges AG Office Ordered Staff to Find Crimes Against Trump, Email Later Wiped

2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 2

Summary

  • Daniel Wiesenfeld, an assistant attorney general in New York, alleged in a Friday agency-wide email that supervisors told staff to "find and pursue crimes" involving Donald Trump, Truth Social and other entities without credible grounds.
  • The Times Union reported the email was later wiped from office servers, and a follow-up message from Attorney General Letitia James' general counsel told employees the matter was internal and that no one was in danger.
  • James' office called it a personnel matter and denied targeting anyone for political beliefs, while the New York Post reported Wiesenfeld was placed on paid administrative leave.
  • The accusation lands against James' long-running legal fight with Trump, including her 2022 civil fraud case that first produced more than $450 million in penalties before an appeals court voided the financial award.

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