'Playing with the courts': Trump admin hit with dozens of suits after years of president condemning 'lawfare'

President Donald Trump’s court fights have actually not ended now that he’s back in the Oval Workplace– rather, lots have actually accumulated versus his administration as Democrats and activists vow to combat Trump and his policies in the judicial system.

Trump dealt with 4 criminal indictments throughout the interim of his very first and 2nd administrations, which landed allegations of “lawfare” on the nationwide phase as Trump kept his innocence and knocked the cases as efforts by the Democratic Celebration to harm his political opportunities for re-election throughout the 2024 cycle. Regardless of the left-wing efforts to capture Trump in a web of legal cases, Trump was re-elected president– with a resume that now consists of “founded guilty felon” and a well-known mugshot often showed on pro-Trump clothing.

Upon Trump’s inauguration Jan. 20, he has actually provided near-daily executive orders and actions to move the federal government to fall in line with his “America First” policies, consisting of offing federal government overspending and mismanagement, prohibiting biological guys from contending in females’s sports, and deporting countless prohibited immigrants who flooded the country under the Biden administration.

Trump has actually signed more than 60 executive orders, in addition to other executive actions, since Tuesday, which has actually led to a minimum of 49 suits versus Trump and his administration, Fox News Digital has actually discovered.

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The suits come as Democratic chosen authorities fume over the 2nd Trump administration’s policies, most significantly the development of the Department of Federal Government Effectiveness (DOGE), which is examining numerous federal companies in the search of cutting federal government costs fat, corruption and mismanagement of funds.

” Today, we’re going to keep concentrate on the requirement to keep an eye out for daily New Yorkers and daily Americans who are under attack by a severe MAGA Republican politician program that is attempting to cut taxes for billionaires, donors and rich corporations and after that stick New Yorkers and working-class Americans throughout the nation with the expense,” Home Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries stated in January.

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” That’s not appropriate,” he stated. “We are going to battle it legislatively. We are going to battle it in the courts. We’re going to battle it in the streets.”

President Donald Trump has actually signed more than 60 executive orders, in addition to other executive actions, since Tuesday, which has actually led to a minimum of 49 suits versus Trump and his administration. ( Saul Loeb/AFP through Getty Images)

” We are gon na remain in your face, we are gon na be on your a– es, and we are going to ensure you comprehend what democracy appears like, and this ain’t it,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, stated at a demonstration over DOGE and its chair, Elon Musk, previously in February.

With simply over 3 weeks back in the Oval Workplace, a minimum of 49 suits have actually been submitted versus Trump or the federal government over Trump’s policies and executive actions. Amongst the list of complainants are a handful of groups that came up with matches versus Trump in previous years, most significantly New york city Chief law officer Leitita James, along with labor unions and left-wing advocacy groups.

James, a previous city board member in New york city and public protector, introduced her run for New york city attorney general of the United States throughout the 2018 cycle, while stressing that if she were chosen she would strongly pursue legal charges versus Trump.

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” I’m running for attorney general of the United States due to the fact that I will never ever hesitate to challenge this invalid president when our essential rights are at stake,” James stated in September 2018. “From the Muslim restriction, to efforts to deport immigrants, to rejecting transgender trainees the capability to pick whatever restroom they desire, rolling back guidelines to secure our world, conspiring with foreign powers, putting earnings over individuals, dividing us in methods we have not seen in generations.”

” And what is sustaining this project, what is sustaining my soul today, is Trump and his abuses, abuses versus immigrants, versus females, versus our environment. We require an attorney general of the United States who will withstand Donald Trump,” she stated throughout an argument in August 2018.

James won her election that year, about 2 years into Trump’s very first administration, and took a triumph lap while promising to expose the “bilker.”

New York City Attorney General Of The United States Letitia James introduced her run for New york city attorney general of the United States throughout the 2018 cycle, while stressing that if she were chosen she would strongly pursue legal charges versus President Donald Trump. ( Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Congressional Black Caucus Structure)

James came up with a civil scams fit versus Trump, the Trump Company and its senior management in 2022, often being in the courtroom throughout the procedures, and commemorated the prosecution of Trump in the Manhattan criminal trial over the 34 counts of falsifying service records. Trump was bought to pay a $454 million civil scams judgment in James’ suit versus him, which is presently on appeal.

All in, James stated back in November 2024 that her workplace took almost 100 legal actions versus Trump’s very first administration– promising to reboot the efforts throughout the 2nd administration.

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” We did not anticipate this outcome, however we are prepared to react to this outcome. And my workplace has actually been getting ready for a number of months due to the fact that we have actually been here before,” James stated following Trump’s election win in November 2024. “We faced this difficulty previously, and we utilized the guideline of law to combat back. And we are prepared to combat back when again due to the fact that, as the attorney general of the United States of this fantastic state, it is my task to secure and safeguard the rights of New Yorkers and the guideline of law. And I will not avoid that duty.”

Up until now in 2025, James has actually led a minimum of 5 legal actions versus the Trump administration, consisting of leading a union of state attorney generals of the United States to take legal action against the federal government to stop DOGE’s access to the Treasury Department’s internal systems, along with another suit associated to the Trump admin slashing grant financing to research study organizations and universities.

” As the wealthiest male worldwide, Elon Musk is not utilized to being informed ‘no,’ however in our nation, nobody is above the law,” James stated of the DOGE fit. “President Trump does not have the power to distribute Americans’ personal info to anybody he picks, and he can not cut federal payments authorized by Congress. Musk and DOGE have no authority to gain access to Americans’ personal info and a few of our nation’s most delicate information. I am acting to keep our info safe and secure, and to avoid any unconstitutional freeze on important financing that Americans depend on every day.”

Trump knocked New york city as the “most corrupt State in the Union” in a Reality Social post on Tuesday, getting in touch with even-handed judges and chosen authorities to squash the “lawfare” in the Empire State.

” We require fantastic Judges and Politicians to assist repair New york city, and to stop the type of Lawfare that was introduced versus me, from wrongly valuing Mar-a-Lago at $18 Million Dollars, when it deserves, maybe, 100 times that quantity (The corrupt judge was changed by another judge, just to be instantly return on the case when the Democrat politicians discovered that a modification of judges was made. It has actually ended up being an excellent humiliation for the New york city Judicial System!),” he published to Reality Social, describing James’ civil scams case versus Trump.

Labor unions that formerly took legal action against the very first Trump administration are likewise back in court. ( Jabin Botsford/Pool through U.S.A. TODAY NETWORK)

” To a female that I had no concept who she was, making a phony and ludicrous allegation, to a ‘case’ that was comprised by a corrupt and extremely conflicted Judge in order to criminally assault me for political functions,” he continued, describing two-year E. Jean Carroll lawsuit.

Labor unions that formerly took legal action against the very first Trump administration are likewise back in court, consisting of the American Federation of Educators taking legal action against over DOGE’s access to personal info at the Education and Treasury departments, and the American Federation of Federal government Personnel taking legal action against the administration in a minimum of 2 cases associated to DOGE and federal work policies under the 47th president.

” We would not bring a lot of suits if they would not break the law so typically,” Andrew Huddleston, American Federation of Federal government Personnel’ director of interactions, informed Fox News Digital when inquired about the suits.

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While the American Civil Liberties Union– which took a minimum of 400 legal actions versus the very first Trump administration– submitted a suit versus the 2nd Trump administration previously in February concerning an executive order that avoids transgender and nonbinary people from altering their passports to show their gender identity and not their biological sex.

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Another not-for-profit, the State Democracy Protectors Fund, just recently submitted a suit on behalf of FBI representatives who examined Trump-related cases in an effort to obstruct the DOJ from launching their names. The State Democracy Protectors Fund formerly was associated with other Trump-related cases, consisting of submitting an amicus short in January promoting that Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan sentence Trump in the Manhattan case simply days ahead of his inauguration.

President Donald Trump consistently flared that “lawfare” was running amok of American politics, consisting of, delegated right, previous Unique Counsel Jack Smith, Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin Bragg and Fulton County, Georgia, District Lawyer Fani Willis. ( Getty Images)

Ahead of taking workplace, Trump consistently flared that “lawfare” was running amok of American politics, often targeting James, Merchan, along with previous unique counsel Jack Smith, Fulton County, Georgia, District Lawyer Fani Willis and Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin Bragg and others.

” They’re having fun with the courts, as you understand, they have actually been having fun with the courts for 4 years,” Trump stated throughout an interview at Mar-a-Lago after Congress had actually accredited his election win in January. “Most likely got me more votes due to the fact that I got the greatest variety of votes ever managed a Republican without a doubt, really, by a lot. And, you understand, we had an excellent election, so I think it didn’t work. However even to this day, they’re having fun with the courts and their friendly judges that like to attempt and make everyone delighted … It’s called lawfare. It’s called weaponization of justice.”