Lawsuit Alleges Calif. Attorney General Not Eligible to Hold Office

Democratic California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, a leading legal antagonist of President Donald Trump, isn’t legally eligible to serve as his state’s top law enforcement officer, according to a lawsuit working its way through the state’s courts. After 24 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, Becerra was appointed California attorney general on Jan. 24, 2017, replacing Democrat Kamala Harris, who was elected to the U.S. Senate. He won election to the position in his own right on Nov. 6, 2018.

Eric Early, a Los Angeles lawyer who sought the Republican nomination in 2018 in the attorney general race, argues in his lawsuit that Becerra is ineligible for the post because he wasn’t practicing law for close to five years prior to his appointment or election to the office. Early lost his case in the initial phase and filed an appeal last week. “The state’s top legal officer should have at least a modicum of experience as a practicing lawyer,” Early told The Epoch Times in an interview. “Instead, we have one who has no clue what it’s like to be a practicing lawyer,” he said. “We have ended up with a pure, wall-to-wall politician as our state top legal officer, so it has not been a surprise that since he became attorney general, his agenda has been entirely political.” “We might as well have Nancy Pelosi in our attorney general’s office,” Early said, adding that Becerra “has turned into a vessel for the resistance.” The “resistance” is often used to describe the Democratic opposition to President Donald Trump.

As of February, the California attorney general’s office had filed a record 46 lawsuits against the Trump administration, according to a tally by The Hill newspaper. This is reportedly more than any other state attorney general during the current administration or any other presidency in the nation’s history. Republican attorneys general across the nation sued the previous administration a total of 46 times during Barack Obama’s entire presidency. Becerra has repeatedly angered conservatives and supporters of the rule of law. In January 2018, a few days after three state laws took effect that turned California into a so-called sanctuary state, Becerra threatened to prosecute employers if they assisted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in their efforts to uphold federal immigration laws. California Assemblyman Travis Allen responded by saying Trump and then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions should “come to California [and] literally arrest [and] indict Xavier Becerra for breaking federal law.” “The [state] attorney general is literally, criminally trying to obstruct justice,” said Allen, a Republican. He “has crossed the line.”

On April 18, a three-judge panel of the often-reversed 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld almost all parts of the three laws that interfere with ICE enforcement in California, which is home to more than 2 million illegal aliens. The Trump administration seems certain to appeal the ruling.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/lawsuit-calif-attorney-general-not-eligible-to-hold-office_2921904.html

>>6493745

Eric Early, kind of states that as well with the "up hill battle" comment. Then there is this thought, perhaps there is undisclosed information that he has that will change the direction. I don't discount any thing at this point..there are always more tricks around the corner..

Judge Rejects Leniency Plea From Former De Blasio Fundraiser, Sentences Him To 4 Years For Bribery Scheme

A judge rejected a plea for leniency from Jeremy Reichberg minutes before sentencing the former fundraiser for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to four years in prison for his role in a police bribery scheme. Reichberg was arrested in 2016 after participating in a scheme that showered New York Police Department officers with gifts including trips to Las Vegas and Israel, reported The Wall Street Journal. De Blasio has maintained his administration gave no special favors to Reichberg. The news comes as the Democratic mayor teases plans of a 2020 presidential run.

Reichberg was convicted of four counts including conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and bribery in January, reported. “I acted as an adolescent, wanting special attention, feeling that I was entitled to get special attention for my friends who were police officers,” Reichberg said to District Judge Gregory Woods, according to The New York Post. His lawyer Susan Necheles claimed he just wanted to hang out with NYPD big shots and look like a “big shot” too. However, prosecutors argue Reichberg and former friend Jona Rechnitz received help with arrests and hard-to-get gun licenses, according to The New York Post. Rechnitz pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy in 2016 after cutting a deal in exchange for testimony that secured Reichberg’s prosecution, reported The New York Post.

The two-month trial had many twists and turns, including a former prostitute who called herself “Gabi Grecko” and testified that she had sex with former NYPD commander James Grant on a private flight to Las Vegas during the 2013 Super Bowl. Gabriella Curtis’s, her real name, testimony wasn’t found believable by jurors, and Grant was acquitted, reported The New York Post. De Blasio’s political fundraising, which Reichberg took part in, was under investigation by the FBI and Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, reported WSJ. But the feds declined to bring charges against the mayor in 2017. De Blasio appears to be mulling a 2020 presidential run. He visited the early-voting state of New Hampshire in March, but one of his events drew only six supporters.

https://www.dailycaller.com/2019/05/13/jeremy-reichberg-trial-update/