New York City Fire Department Launches Investigation Into Firefighters Who Cheered For Trump, Booed New York Attorney General Letitia James

During an event for New York's Uniformed Firefighters Association last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James (D-NY) was mercilessly booed by the crowd as the firefighters in attendance chanted, "Trump! Trump! Trump!" In response to the incident, FDNY issued a memo slamming those in attendance for the "grossly inappropriate" conduct.

"When you're not on duty, feel however you want about politicians. Vote. Protest. That's your right," the memo said. "But don't do it on the job's time, on other members' time, or on their families' time. Do it on your own time." The memo went on to explain that those who engaged in the behavior would be facing consequences after the department's Bureau of Investigations and Trials opened an investigation to discover who was responsible for the chants and boos.

Firefighters "should understand that BITS is gathering video and identifying members that brought discredit … to the department," the department memo explained, as The New York Post reported. "We want the members to come forward. They will come to HQ to be educated [on] why their behavior is unacceptable."

In the now-viral video, Letitia James, there to honor the first African American woman chaplain of FDNY, was drowned out by the rank-and-file firefighters in the audience who were fed up with her abuse of the legal system to go after political opponents. "Oh, c'mon, we're in a house of God. Simmer down. Thank you for getting it out of your system," James said in response to the boos. "She deserves to be heckled & booed at any public appearance. She wasted taxpayer's $$ & weaponized her [New York State] office against [Trump]," wrote an audience member on X.

In the case brought by Letitia James, Judge Arthur Engoron ruled last month that Trump defrauded various banks to receive more beneficial loan terms. Engoron ordered Trump to pay a massive $354 million fine and bar him "from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in New York for a period of three years." Trump is also responsible for paying around $100 million in pre-judgment interest, as previously reported by the DC Enquirer.

Trump has vowed to appeal the ruling. However, he must first pay the fine as a bond to the state. Attorney General James explained that if Trump could not come up with the funds, she would seize his assets. "If he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek judgment enforcement mechanisms in court, and we will ask the judge to seize his assets," James told ABC News. 

The New York AG explained that she is confident that she will win her case on appeal and that she is actively considering seizing 40 Wall Street, a Trump-owned skyscraper in Manhattan's financial district. "We are prepared to make sure that the judgment is paid to New Yorkers, and yes, I look at 40 Wall Street each and every day," she said.

WATCH:

This is how the Democrat activist Attorney General Letitia James, who is going after Donald Trump in New York, was greeted by the FDNY.

With “Trump” chants and boos.

The political lawfare will backfire..

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