NEW YORK — It was January 2004 and Donald Trump and Letitia James, a fellow New Yorker who would become his nemesis, were embarking on new ventures that would launch their political careers.

Trump’s show “The Apprentice,” which introduced him to a new generation of Americans, premiered on NBC. James was sworn in as a newly elected member of the New York City Council, representing Brooklyn.

James became New York’s attorney general in 2019 and began a legal feud with Trump that has persisted.

She’s battled big tech, opioid manufacturers and the National Rifle Association. But it is the Democrat’s barrage of lawsuits against Trump, suing him for fraud and challenging his Republican administration’s policies, that has shaped her tenure and drawn his ire.

Now, Trump is fighting back. After

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