NEW YORK (VINnews)- President Trump on Friday gave his “complete and total endorsement” to Republican Saritha Komatireddy in the race for New York attorney general, calling on voters to oust Democratic incumbent Letitia James, a longtime political adversary.
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In a Truth Social post, Trump described Komatireddy as an “America First Patriot” and said it was his “Great Honor” to back her bid to become the next attorney general of “the once wonderful State of New York.”
I was honored to be nominated to be a federal judge by the President in 2020 and I’m honored to receive his endorsement today.
I’m working hard to win the support of all New Yorkers and defeat Letitia James this November.
Please invest in our campaign, and let’s win this race… pic.twitter.com/NOzb18YkX9
— Saritha Komatireddy (@sarithaforny) August 14, 2026
“Between Kathy Hochul and the Most Corrupt Attorney General in the Country, Letitia James, it has gone to HELL!” Trump wrote. He labeled James the “WORST Attorney General in our Country,” a “Complete and Total Disaster,” and accused her of prioritizing a “WITCH HUNT” against him while violent crime surged and residents and businesses fled the state.
Trump blasts NY Attorney General Letitia James yet again, in Nassau County remarks: “She’s the worst….a real slob”
Leads a cheer for GOP AG candidate Saritha Komatireddy, who’s in the crowd pic.twitter.com/0euDnudqLO
— Raga Justin (@ragajus) August 14, 2026
Trump praised Komatireddy’s record as a former federal prosecutor and Drug Enforcement Administration chief of staff. He said that as attorney general she would “fight tirelessly to Ensure LAW AND ORDER, Grow our Economy, Champion our Law Enforcement and First Responders, Support our Military/Veterans, Advance Election Integrity, Keep our Border SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Uphold our Constitution, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment.”
Komatireddy, who was nominated by Trump in 2020 to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (the nomination was not confirmed), thanked the president. “I was honored to be nominated to be a federal judge by the President in 2020 and I’m honored to receive his endorsement today,” she posted on X. “I’m working hard to win the support of all New Yorkers and defeat Letitia James this November.”
Komatireddy, a Harvard College and Harvard Law School graduate who clerked for then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh, served more than a decade as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of New York. She held leadership roles involving international narcotics, money laundering, cybercrime and national security cases, and later served as DEA chief of staff. She is currently a partner at the law firm Holtzman Vogel and teaches at Columbia Law School. Born in Brooklyn to immigrant parents from India, she advanced unopposed as the Republican and Conservative Party nominee after the June primary was canceled.
James, the Democratic incumbent first elected in 2018, also advanced unopposed. She drew national attention for her 2022 civil fraud lawsuit against Trump and the Trump Organization, which alleged inflated asset values on financial statements. An appeals court later vacated a nearly $465 million penalty. Trump has continued to press for investigations into alleged mortgage fraud involving James.
The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3. James’ campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the endorsement.
Trump must want her to lose. His endorsement is the kiss of death for her