White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did not mince words this week when she said New York Attorney General Letitia James “completely abused her oath of office” and engaged in open lawfare against President Trump. Her blunt condemnation came during a September press briefing after reports that the U.S. attorney overseeing the James probe had been forced out following public pressure from the president. Conservatives should hear that as a welcome rebuke to the Washington playbook where political actors use legal offices as weapons.
The Justice Department first opened a criminal inquiry into Letitia James in May 2025 after the Federal Housing Finance Agency referred allegations that she falsified mortgage and property records to gain favorable loan terms. Those are serious accusations — claims that a public official misrepresented residency and other facts on government-backed loans — and they deserve a fair, thorough probe free from partisan double standards. James has predictably called the inquiries “baseless” and smeared them as revenge, but the facts warrant honest scrutiny rather than reflexive defenses from the left.
On September 19, 2025 the U.S. Attorney overseeing the investigation, Erik Siebert, resigned amid pressure after the president publicly said he had lost confidence in him. President Trump made clear he wants accountability in the Department of Justice, not selective enforcement that protects allies while weaponizing the law against his opponents. To patriots who believe in equal justice under the law, that is not frightening — it is exactly the correction this country needs.
Karoline Leavitt framed the administration’s moves as restoring a DOJ that demands accountability and refuses to tolerate the “weaponization” of law by career prosecutors or state officials. She called out James’s preemptive campaign slogan about prosecuting Trump as the behavior of a corrupt politician, not a serious prosecutor. Conservatives should applaud a stance that pushes back hard against the cynical practice of using legal offices for political advantage.
The president has even signaled he will nominate a trusted ally to the Eastern District of Virginia, showing he intends to put tough, loyal public servants in place who will investigate corruption wherever it appears. This isn’t about vendettas; it’s about wiping clean a justice system that for too long has been turned into a partisan cudgel by the elite. If you want the law respected, you do not leave prosecutions to officials whose first instinct is to protect their political tribe.
Make no mistake: the left and their media allies will scream “political retribution” because they know accountability threatens their cozy fiefdoms. Hardworking Americans watching this mess want one thing — the same rules applied to everyone. The president is finally forcing that conversation, and conservatives should stand firm behind efforts to hold powerful figures, no matter their party, to the same standards of conduct.
