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Watching Eric Trump press Letitia James on Carl Higbie’s FRONTLINE was a rare moment when the truth-check on political theater landed on national television. Eric reminded viewers that the same woman who spent years targeting the Trump family now finds herself under federal scrutiny, a reversal that exposes the ugly politics behind many headline prosecutions.
This week a grand jury in Virginia returned an indictment accusing James of bank fraud and making false statements related to a 2020 mortgage application, alleging she misrepresented a Norfolk rental as a secondary residence to secure better loan terms. The charges are serious on paper, but they arrive amid a broader pattern of politically charged referrals and counter-referrals that should make every American skeptical.
The criminal referral was preceded by an FHFA complaint earlier this year and an FBI probe, reminders that Washington’s law-enforcement apparatus has become a tool in partisan battles rather than a neutral guardian of the rule of law. Whether one believes the allegations or not, the timing and the players involved — including prosecutors tied to the administration — make it impossible to treat this as a routine legal matter.
Letitia James made her name by weaponizing the New York AG’s office against President Trump, pursuing a sprawling civil case that produced headline judgments and headlines of its own before the appeals process erased the penalty. That history matters: when a political prosecutor who promised to “sue Trump” becomes the subject of an indictment, voters are entitled to ask whether justice is being applied evenly or selectively.
Eric Trump’s blunt response on Newsmax wasn’t empty theater; it was a standing challenge to the double standard that has defined much of the last several years in Washington. Conservatives have long argued that certain government offices have been used to settle political scores, and this reversal only strengthens the argument that no one should be allowed to weaponize law enforcement for political gain.
At a minimum, this episode should prompt a nationwide demand for transparency and a strict firewall between politics and prosecution. Americans deserve a justice system that treats everyone the same under the law, not one that operates as a playbook for retribution whenever power changes hands.
