New York Attorney General Letitia James defiantly cried “I will not capitulate” Monday as she embraced her first public appearance since the Justice Department charged her with bank fraud .

AP reports the Democrat was greeted by applause as she took to the stage amidst chants of “We love Tish” during a rally for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in the city’s Washington Heights neighborhood.

James warned of “powerful voices trying to silence truth and punish dissent” and “weaponize justice for political gain,” though she stopped short of naming President Donald Trump, who had pushed for months for Justice Department officials to bring charges against her, the AP report notes.

“We are witnessing the fraying of our democracy, the erosion of our system of government,” Jam

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