As Democrats regroup outside DC, GOP attorneys general adopt new playbook to defend Trump agenda

GOP authorities attorneys are taking connected a renewed relation during President Donald Trump's 2nd medication arsenic "freedom's beforehand line," Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) incoming enforcement manager Adam Piper told Fox News Digital, arguing that Democrats – deflated from losing power of some houses of Congress – are turning to left-leaning authorities attorneys to "undermine" the White House's America First agenda.

Right now, determination are 29 Republican attorneys wide successful the United States who are "uniquely qualified to beryllium the extremity of the spear, to beryllium freedom's beforehand enactment and beryllium a instauration for the aboriginal and a instauration for state each azygous day," Piper told Fox News Digital. "These men and women are moving tirelessly to guarantee their states are the safest places possible. But they're besides moving tirelessly to support freedom, to assistance President Trump to guarantee the American radical person the strategy of authorities they voted for, they expect, and they merit 1 that is escaped and 1 that is fair." 

In Trump's archetypal 3 weeks successful office, Democratic attorneys wide person sued the Trump medication connected respective matters related to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). That includes New York Attorney General Letitia James starring 19 authorities attorneys successful suing implicit DOGE person Elon Musk's entree to Treasury Department records. U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer issued a preliminary injunction successful that lawsuit Saturday. 

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President Donald Trump speaks astatine the National Prayer Breakfast connected Feb. 6, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Democratic attorneys wide besides partnered with the country's largest national labour unions to writer implicit Trump's deferred resignation offer that would let workers 8 months of paid permission if they hold to permission their jobs voluntarily. 

In turn, Montana's Republican lawyer general, Austin Knudsen, led 22 states successful an amicus little Sunday asking the tribunal to contradict a question for a impermanent restraining bid and let Trump to negociate the national workforce however helium sees fit. U.S. District Judge George O'Toole successful Boston national tribunal connected Monday proceeded to propulsion backmost the deadline a 2nd clip connected Trump's "Fork successful the Road Directive," which gives astir national employees the enactment to resign with wage and benefits until Sept. 30. 

"During the Biden administration, Republican AGs were the past enactment of defense. We were the extremity enactment stand, keeping the equivalent of a ‘tush push’ retired of the extremity zone," Piper told Fox News Digital. 

"During the Trump administration, we person to play offense, defence and peculiar teams," helium continued. "We person to beryllium freedom's beforehand line. Working with the medication to guarantee this DOGE regulatory betterment docket gets done, that we instrumentality to America's Golden Age. But we besides person to play defence and peculiar teams. You're going to spot Democratic AGs instrumentality our playbook, bastardize it, and propulsion backmost connected the Trump administration. You volition spot states similar New York and California get much aggressive, and Republican AGs are determination to support the regularisation of law, to beforehand freedom, and to guarantee we enactment with President Trump to instrumentality America's Golden Age." 

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks pursuing a verdict against erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump successful a civilian fraud proceedings connected Feb. 16, 2024. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

As for the DOGE injunction led by James, Piper said it equates to "partisan gamesmanship from Democratic attorneys wide who privation to bash everything imaginable to thwart President Trump's agenda." 

"This is wherefore Republican attorneys wide are truthful captious to the occurrence of the Trump medication successful pushing backmost against Democratic attorneys wide and their attempts to crowbar what President Trump and his squad are trying to execute successful Washington, D.C., which is returning state to the American people, returning authorities efficiency, eliminating fraud, discarded and abuse," helium said. 

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Regarding James, successful particular, Piper noted however New York's lawyer wide led cases against Trump during his 2024 re-election run that are present defunct and person failed. 

President Donald Trump speaks earlier Pam Bondi is sworn successful arsenic U.S. Attorney General successful the Oval Office astatine the White House connected Feb. 5, 2025.  (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"A batch of her propulsion backmost connected the Trump medication is much astir governmental theatre than it is the regularisation of instrumentality successful a tribunal of law," helium said. "And contiguous and moving forward, you volition spot Republican attorneys wide being President Trump's champion person from a argumentation standpoint. We volition beryllium his champion best from a argumentation standpoint. There's nary much effectual elected authoritative successful the United States than the authorities lawyer general. We're much effectual than the members of Congress, much effectual than U.S. senators, much effectual than adjacent governors… You know, we tin propulsion backmost connected immoderate of this lawfare that you'll spot from Democratic attorneys general." 

The Republican Attorneys General Association has seen alumni beforehand to the national level successful the Department of Justice. Most notably, that includes the recently sworn-in U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. Piper said helium besides hopes to spot the Senate corroborate Aaron Rice, an alum of the Texas Attorney General's Office, to articulation the DOJ's Office of Legal Policy. He noted 51 Republican attorneys wide oregon unit alumni held Senate confirmed positions successful the archetypal Trump administration.

"Republican attorneys wide and their staffs are genuinely America's workplace team. You cognize wherever the champion incubator of endowment to ensuring President Trump has known blimpish fighters who are consenting to combat each time for the American people," Piper said. "And from Attorney General Bondi. There's nary amended idiosyncratic to beryllium the lawyer wide of the United States of America." 

As RAGA looks ahead, Virginia Attorney General Jason Myares is defending his bureau this twelvemonth successful what's expected to beryllium a competitory race, and past 30 attorneys wide races volition beryllium connected the ballot successful 2026. 

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"There's an municipality story that Richmond goes the other mode of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. We are going to marque definite that story is conscionable an municipality story and conscionable a fable. Attorney General Jason Myers is genuinely 1 of our champion erstwhile you look astatine the issues crossed the board. We volition person astir apt an uphill battle," Piper said. "Virginia is simply a authorities the Republicans carried by 2 points 4 years ago. We person to person a bully crushed game. We person to person a bully turnout operation… We person to marque definite voters successful the Commonwealth of Virginia recognize the value of lawyer general, recognize the nationalist information issues and recognize that they request idiosyncratic who each time volition guarantee Virginia is the safest spot to live, enactment and rise a family."