# NY AG Letitia James drops the (civil) hammer {On Trump & Family} \[9/21/2022\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 21, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-ag-letitia-james-drops-the-civil-hammer-on-trump-family-9-21-2022/971991 "2022-09-21T16:13:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 356
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-ag-letitia-james-drops-the-civil-hammer-on-trump-family-9-21-2022/971991/356 "2023-09-28T14:39:26Z")
> [@What happens if Trump is indicted in Georgia? (Indicted on August 14, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1663): > > Can someone a lot smarter than me look at this response from Jim Jordan and tell me if he has a shot with any of these? > [@Gyrate](#): > > Well, IANAL but I’m pretty sure the answer is “no”. The crux of it appears to be the spurious argument that the committee has standing to intervene because it has the right to oversee such cases in the interest of “informing future legislation”. Which is a desperate, if not outright stupid, argument. > > In my inexpert opinion, pretty much every legal assertion put forth in that letter appears to be equally tenuous if not moreso. Willis has a far stronger argument that the committee is politically motivated than the other way around (largely because it’s true). **Moderating:** Both of those are unrelated to the thread topic, and belong in the Georgia thread, so I’m moving them. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-ag-letitia-james-drops-the-civil-hammer-on-trump-family-9-21-2022/971991)._