Letitia James Is Winning Over Some Republicans

New York Attorney General Letitia James is winning over some Republicans, according to a new poll.

James, a Democrat, led a civil lawsuit against Donald Trump accusing the former president and top executives at The Trump Organization of conspiring to increase his net worth by billions of dollars on financial statements. The statements were provided to banks and insurers to make deals and secure loans.

New York Judge Arthur Engoron sided with James in the case, ordering Trump pay $355 million plus interest, a total figure of $464 million.

The case has continued to garner attention as Trump has vowed to appeal, securing a bond to halt payments. James, however, has raised concerns about the bond secured by Trump and has indicated she could seize some of his assets if he failed to pay bond.

Even as James rose to national prominence over her case against Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee who remains generally popular among conservatives, nearly one in five Republicans gave her positive marks for her job performance in the Marist poll.

Nineteen percent of Republicans said they believe James is either doing a "good" or "excellent" job, according to the poll, which surveyed 1,270 registered voters from April 8 to 12. Another 12 percent of Republicans said she is doing a "fair" job in office. Still, a majority, 59 percent, said they believe she has done "poor."

Fifteen percent of Republicans were unsure of how they felt about James.

The poll found that across the board, 43 percent said James is doing either an "excellent" or "good" job, 12 percent said she has done a "fair" job, and 27 percent said she is doing a "poor" job.

However, when broken down by who respondents voted for during the 2020 presidential election, only 9 percent of Trump voters gave James a positive approval rating. Another 11 percent said she has done a "fair" job in office, while 71 percent said she has done a "poor" job, according to the survey.

Newsweek reached out to James' office for comment via email.

James was first elected to the attorney general office in 2018, winning that election by 26 percentage points, securing 61.9 percent of the vote. During the 2022 midterms, which saw Republicans make substantial gains in New York despite disappointing results in other states, James still won reelection, though by a more narrow margin of 8.6 percentage points.

While some Republicans at home continue supporting James, she has faced increasing scrutiny from Trump and his supporters. The former president has taken to social media to criticize James myriad times, accusing her of targeting him for political purposes.

In March, for instance, he wrote in a Truth Social post: "A bond of the size set by the Democrat Club-controlled Judge, in Corrupt, Racist Letitia James' unlawful Witch Hunt, is unConstitutional, un-American, unprecedented, and practically impossible for ANY Company, including one as successful as mine."