CNN’s Anderson Cooper criticized New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday for threatening to sue President Donald Trump following her 2018 election victory.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper acknowledged that it was «not a great look» for New York Attorney General Letitia James to threaten to sue President Donald Trump after she was elected in 2018.
«According to PolitiFact, the day after she was elected in 2018, Letitia James was asked by a community activist if she was going to sue President Trump. And she replied, quote, ‘Oh, we’re going to definitely sue him. We’re going to be a real pain in the a—. He‘s going to know my name personally,’» Cooper recalled on Thursday.
«I mean, that’s not a great look for somebody who has just been elected, who has just been campaigning, who hasn’t even looked, I guess… deeply at any evidence», he added.
While CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin agreed that James’ 2018 comments were «inappropriate», he argued that they were typical of «how our system works.
