A day after President Trump agreed to shut down his personal charity — which the New York attorney general has sued for “persistently illegal conduct” — the president used Twitter to lash out at the attorney general who sued. In tweets posted around 10 a.m., Trump criticized Attorney General Barbara Underwood, who he said “does little else but rant, rave & politic against me. She did not run for New York’s attorney general but rather succeeded former attorney general Eric Schneiderman (D), who resigned in May after the New Yorker published allegations that he had physically abused women. In his tweets Wednesday, Trump also criticized the next New York attorney general, Letitia James (D), who was elected in November. Underwood did not run for the office and will return to serving as New York solicitor general, an unelected position under the attorney general.

Source: Washington Post December 19, 2018 16:11 UTC