LIVE: Attorney General Letitia James gives press conference on DOGE Department
James: No one elected Elon Musk and his minions, and no one has allowed him to have access to this information. This is a violation of separation of powers…he has basically violated the Administrative Procedure Act, and he has violated the privacy of millions of Americans, and it is up to us to prevent him from having access to that private information.
[James PANIC]
Attorney General Tong: We stand together to stop Elon Musk, and his army of tech bro, wannabe storm troopers, from tearing up the Treasury Department, now IRS, we hear, the Department of Education, and the federal government…this is the largest data breach in American history.
[Tong PANIC]
James: As attorneys general, we're not going to bow to the president, or to Elon Musk.
James looks scared and extremely concerned.
James: Our action here is against specifically the Department of Treasury, and we are seeking at some point to amend our complaint to specify other agencies. We believe that the best course of action is to focus on agencies, and not name Elon Musk. We question whether or not we have personal jurisdiction over Elon Musk.
James; Elon Musk earned twenty billion dollars over a ten year period of time, and is still enjoying contacts from the federal government. That should not be the case, and it must be stopped, and that's why we are here today.
[nothing prohibits a billionaire from receiving federal contracts]
Tong: They're defunding medical research. They're defunding healthcare. They're defunding education. They are defunding the police. That's what they are doing. This is well beyond government efficiency.
James: At this point, there's a number of discussions going on. There's discussions going on at state level, there's a number of discussions going on at a local level, and private discussions. So at this point in time, I'm going to refrain from any comment until such time as we complete those discussions and determine the fate of the mayor of the city of New York.
When the press conference ended James defiantly entered the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, located at 500 Pearl Street. This is a federal courthouse; James has been banned from entering such a building by order of President Trump.
That could be; I don't see anything yet in New York media about James making an appearance in court.