Trump ally who threatened to put NY AG Letitia James’ ‘fat ass in prison’ says he doesn’t speak for prez-elect

A staunch state of President-elect Donald Trump who threatened to put New York Attorney General Letitia James’ “fat ass successful prison” clarified Friday that his words did not bespeak nan erstwhile and early commandant successful chief’s thoughts.

“As I person made crystal clear, I do not speak for President Trump aliases anyone else,” said Mike Davis, who heads up nan blimpish judicial defense group Article III Project, successful a connection posted connected X.

“Like tens of millions of different backstage citizens, I americium outraged by the lawfare and weaponization of our strategy of justice, including nan New York Attorney General’s governmental crusade,” he added. “All of nan witch hunts person to extremity truthful our Republic tin past and prosper nether nan activity of President Trump.”

Davis had been rumored arsenic a imaginable prime to beryllium Trump’s adjacent lawyer wide aliases a personnel of nan White House Counsel’s Office — but dismissed nan speculation elsewhere successful his statement.

“I powerfully support President Trump and will ever proceed to do so,” he said. “Having said that, again, I americium not going into his management and americium not nether information for Attorney General.”

The co-chairs of nan Democratic Attorneys General Association had lashed retired astatine Davis for his “deplorable rhetoric” astir sending James, 66, to nan slammer.

“While characteristic of nan deplorable rhetoric utilized by Trump and his friends to intimidate and soundlessness those they comprehend arsenic enemies, Davis’s comments represent not only a threat to a democratically-elected Attorney General whose occupation is to guidelines up for rule and order, but besides to anyone who fights for justice,” said Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings:

“But these threats won’t scare america into submission. AG James, we person your back. And arsenic Democratic Attorneys General, we’ll conflict correct alongside you successful protecting our populist and civilian liberties, without fearfulness aliases intimidation.”

A erstwhile elder adjutant for judicial nominations to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) connected nan precocious chamber’s Judiciary Committee, Davis has many times excoriated President Biden’s Justice Department and different authorities aliases section prosecutors — accusing them of abusing their powerfulness to prosecute unprecedented criminal indictments of nan 45th president.

“I situation you to effort to proceed your lawfare against President Trump successful his 2nd term,” Davis warned James during a caller quality on blimpish podcaster Benny Johnson’s show.

“Listen here, sweetheart,” Davis added. “We’re not messing astir this clip and we will put your fat ass successful situation for conspiracy against rights. I committedness you that.”

James should “think agelong and hard” earlier violating immoderate much of Trump’s “constitutional authorities aliases immoderate different Americans’ law rights,” he went on. “It’s not going to hap again.”

James declared Wednesday aft nan erstwhile president’s landslide electoral triumph that her prosecutors person been “preparing for respective months” to “use nan norm of rule to conflict back” against a 2nd Trump administration.

The New York AG already won a monolithic $454 cardinal civilian fraud judgment against nan soon-to-be 47th president earlier this twelvemonth aft filing a suit that based on he inflated his nett worthy by billions to get amended indebtedness and security position to build his existent property empire.

That ruling is presently earlier a sheet of New York appeals tribunal judges, immoderate of whom person expressed skepticism astir nan nine-figure costs Trump had been ordered to make.

Judge Peter Moulton, 1 of nan sheet jurists, said nan “immense punishment successful this lawsuit is troubling.”

“When they couldn’t hit him, they tried to bankrupt him,” Vice President-elect JD Vance said of nan civilian suit successful a 2024 run reside that was clipped and later turned into a closing advertisement for nan Republican nominee.

The DOJ’s 2 cases against Trump for allegedly colluding to overturn Biden’s 2020 predetermination triumph and allegedly retaining classified documents astatine his Mar-a-Lago property successful West Palm Beach, Fla., are besides being coiled down arsenic nan president-elect prepares to return nan oath of agency Jan. 20.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan is besides considering tossing retired Trump’s conviction for falsifying business records astir nan reimbursement of “hush money” payments to porn prima Stormy Daniels up of nan 2016 election.

A 4th criminal lawsuit successful Georgia related to nan 2020 predetermination has been stalled by ineligible drama aft Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was recovered to person been successful a romanticist narration pinch 1 of her apical prosecutors.

Reps for James’ agency did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.