Tish James was attacked by Trump on Wednesday.
The videos were uploaded by Donald J. Trump's office.
The Office of Donald J. Trump is funded by the former presidents act.
Donald Trump is no longer president, but he might try to become one again.
The New York Attorney General's legal team is deposing him as part of an investigation into alleged financial wrongdoing by the Trump Organization.
The subject line for four messages from the Office of Donald J. Trump was "ICYMI: Letitia James' Radical Witch Hunt."
The statement from Trump's office explained why he invoked his 5th amendment right against self-incrimination and not answering questions during the deposition.
The use of an official office for this purpose was decried by good-government advocates.
Trump is using this office and the presidential seal to convey approval from the government. "This is not how taxpayer dollars should be spent, it's unseemly, it's wrong, and it's not what we should be spending our money on."
Saurav Ghosh is the director of federal campaign finance reform for the Campaign Legal Center.
He didn't know of a law that would prohibit Trump from using his office as a weapon. Even though he no longer holds office, Trump is not subject to federal government ethics rules.
Representatives for Trump and James didn't reply to questions.
The Former Presidents Act gives former US presidents a number of perks, including office space, staff funding, a pension, and Secret Service protection.
Trump is able to get $150,000 worth of public money per year to pay staff at his official post-presidency office. According to the Former Presidents Act, the figure will decline to $96,000 per year in the mid-2023s.
The former First Lady is entitled to a travel reimbursement of $500,000 annually.
The General Services Administration will give Trump money for a suitable office space. FBI agents searched for office space at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on Monday.
The act states that the same financial benefits are given to the nation's other living former presidents.
According to a 2020 study by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation, former presidents' offices can cost taxpayers millions of dollars a year.
Only a former president who was removed from office after being impeached can lose the benefits.
Many former presidents use their post-presidential offices to make official statements, but the offices don't wade into highly politicized matters. They're rarely used to launch attacks on other people.
The president didn't need to use his office to attack James.
It's because Trump leads a collection of privately-funded federal political committees that he can and does use to make political statements and actions, and raise tens of millions of dollars in contributions.
After leaving the White House, Trump's office told the public that he may use his official office differently than previous presidents.
The office is tasked with managing President Trump's correspondence, public statements, appearances, and official activities to advance the interests of the United States and to carry on the agenda of the Trump Administration through advocacy, organizing, and public activism.
President Trump will be a champion for the American people.
After Trump's impeachment trial was over, his post-presidency office released a statement that seemed to hint at a Trump comeback.
The movement to make America great again has just begun. I look forward to sharing more with you in the months to come, and to continuing our incredible journey to achieve American greatness for all of our people. It has never been like that before.
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