Coverage dated August 18, 2025

Trump weaponization czar urged New York AG to resign over mortgage probe

Headline from Las Vegas Review-Journal

The letters were the latest salvos in a monthslong drama involving the president’s retribution campaign against Letitia James and others who’ve battled him in court and fought his policies.

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  1. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Trump weaponization czar urged New York AG to resign over mortgage probe (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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    The letters were the latest salvos in a monthslong drama involving the president’s retribution campaign against Letitia James and others who’ve battled him in court and fought his policies.

  2. Seattle Times

    Trump weaponization czar urged New York Attorney General James to resign over mortgage probe (opens Seattle Times)

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    The Justice Department official tapped by President Donald Trump’s administration to investigate New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter urging the Democrat to resign from office “as an...

  3. New York Post

    Trump weaponization czar urged NY AG Letitia James to resign over mortgage probe in ‘act of good faith’ (opens New York Post)

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    President Donald Trump’s political weaponization czar, Ed Martin, sent a letter telling New York Attorney General Letitia James to step down “as an act of good faith.”

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