Eli Lake admits that he doesn’t like Trump and feels that he’s a dangerous demagogue. But he also believes that Letitia James is only prosecuting Trump because of political and partisan reasons and says that it threatens our democracy.

Lake said this on Twitter and got immediate pushback from other Democrats, like Jonathan Chait who writes for the New York Magazine:

 
Lake pointed out what so many of us have said, that Letitia James campaigned on prosecuting Trump and now she’s interfering in a Republican primary:

 
Chait ignored Lakes argument and went back to his ‘Trump is a criminal’ mantra:

 
Lake doubled down, saying Letitia James prosecution of Trump is “not a fair application of justice”:

 
Another Democrat chimed in trying to justify James’ prosecution of Trump, but Lake pointed out that the case is a nothing-burger and that this is an abuse of power by James:

While they are few and far between, it is nice to see there are honest Democrats out there who are willing to call James out for her weaponization of justice.