Former New York Prosecutor Says Letitia James Kept Trump Dirt Hunt Alive After Investigators Found Nothing
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Daniel Wiesenfeld claims Letitia James kept a Trump investigation alive despite investigators finding no wrongdoing, while James’ office says the prosecutor was terminated for cause after violating legal, professional, or agency requirements.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Daniel Wiesenfeld claims investigators were ordered to continue pursuing Trump despite finding no evidence that a crime occurred.
- Wiesenfeld said Letitia James controlled whether the investigation would continue and that investigators had become exasperated by June 2026.
- The prosecutor accused the Attorney General’s Office of threatening him over documents he described as evidence of alleged corruption.
- James’ office said Wiesenfeld was terminated for cause after violating legal, professional, or agency requirements.
A whistleblower in the New York state Attorney General’s Office claims he was ordered to continue digging for damaging material on President Trump even after a yearlong investigation uncovered no wrongdoing.
He told The Post that Attorney General Letitia James wanted the probe to continue.
Daniel Wiesenfeld, a prosecutor in the Investor Protection Bureau, said Bureau Chief Shamiso Maswoswe instructed investigators to keep trying to build a case against Trump and his associates.
According to Wiesenfeld, the team had found no evidence that a crime occurred.
Wiesenfeld described investigators as increasingly frustrated after repeatedly reviewing the matter. “By June 2026, after several meetings, we had become exasperated,” he told The Post during an exclusive interview.
According to Wiesenfeld, Maswoswe indicated that she shared the investigators’ frustration but lacked the authority to shut down the probe.
“Shamiso told us, in sum and substance, that she agreed with us and that if it were her call, she would close the case – but that it was Tish’s call.”