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James, a Democrat, has clashed with President Donald Trump after bringing civil charges against him in New York.

New York’s attorney general has joined colleagues nearly 40 times to confront the administration over myriad issues as the president pressures Democratic states.

The president has targeted Ms James after she sued him successfully for fraud at his real-estate business. Last year a judge ordered him to pay a fine of nearly half a billion dollars. The penalty was erased on appeal, but not the fraud finding. Mr Trump said the whole thing was a “fraud on me” and called Ms James a “monster”.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James during an event Thursday in Washington, DC, that was repeatedly disrupted by demonstrators protesting Israel’s war in Gaza.

NY Attorney General Letitia James said three companies were selling skin-lightening creams and other cosmetics that contain illegal levels of mercury.

From city councilwoman to Attorney General of New York, Letitia Ann “Tish” James has spent her entire career breaking barriers.