A former prosecutor in the New York attorney general’s office claims Attorney General Letitia James threatened him after he raised allegations of a political effort to target President Trump. He also says he will not destroy materials that he considers evidence of the alleged corruption.

Daniel Wiesenfeld worked in James’ Investor Protection Bureau before he was fired last month. In a defiant email sent Monday, he rejected demands that he turn over or destroy materials described by the office as “confidential and privileged,” according to an email obtained by the Times Union.

Wiesenfeld’s email included a photograph of a business card belonging to a detective with the attorney general’s Executive Protection Detail. The card had been lodged in his front door, the paper reported.

“I am in receipt of your September 18th letter threatening me with ‘professional discipline, as well as civil and/or criminal action’ and your subsequent September 30th letter providing a deadline by 5 pm today for me to confirm my destruction of your ‘confidential and/or privileged information’,” Wiesenfeld wrote Monday.

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The former prosecutor also accused James’ security personnel of repeatedly coming to his home. His account portrayed the visits as part of an intimidation effort connected to the disputed materials.

“You have also commissioned your ‘protection detail’ detectives to repeatedly hound me by banging on my front door. Attached is the business card one of them left in my door after their latest intrusion,” he wrote.

The message was also sent to Kumiki Gibson, general counsel in the attorney general’s office. Wiesenfeld made clear that the office’s warnings had not persuaded him to destroy the documents.

Wiesenfeld said he understood that James was “fearful” about what he could do with the “‘confidential and privileged’ materials” before this year’s election. James is on the ballot, but Wiesenfeld said the threat of disciplinary, civil, or criminal consequences would not intimidate him.

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“These documents are simply evidence and your threats will not compel me to destroy such evidence,” Wiesenfeld wrote. “If anything, carrying out your threats by bringing this to a legal forum will make this information public.”

The clash follows an earlier message that Wiesenfeld sent throughout the attorney general’s office. In that agency-wide email, he claimed his supervisor had ordered him to identify and pursue crimes committed by people affiliated with Trump, who has long been a rival of James.

“If you believe Trump is using the [Department of Justice] attorneys to prosecute his enemies and further his political interests, you should find it equally troubling that Tish [James] is doing exactly the same thing,” Wiesenfeld allegedly wrote in the message.

That email went to approximately 2,000 staff members before it was deleted. Wiesenfeld was later placed on administrative leave and fired on Sept. 5, according to the Times Union.

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Assistant AG Daniel Wiesenfeld in the Investor Protection Bureau, participated in a lengthy, multi-hour sit-down meeting with both FBI and DOJ According to Wiesenfeld, "Investor Protection Bureau Chief Shamiso Maswoswe instructed him to investigate targets including Trump, Truth Social, and Hewlett-Packard without first establishing "a credible reason for targeting the organizations and individuals." — Steve Gruber (@stevegrubershow) September 2, 2026

The latest exchange places the focus squarely on the materials Wiesenfeld says he possesses and the attorney general’s demand that they be destroyed. His response signals that he intends to preserve them despite the office’s warnings about potential professional discipline and civil or criminal action.

A representative for James addressed the controversy in August by dismissing it as “a personnel matter.” The office also broadly rejected the former prosecutor’s assertions about its conduct.

“The office of the attorney general is committed to upholding New York’s laws and protecting the rights and freedoms of all New Yorkers, regardless of political beliefs,” the representative’s statement said. “We strongly reject any assertion to the contrary.”

Wiesenfeld’s allegations, however, concern both the instructions he says he received and the pressure he claims followed his disclosure. His Monday email showed no sign that he planned to surrender to the office’s demand, despite the legal and professional consequences James’ letters allegedly placed on the table.

For now, the former prosecutor is refusing to destroy the disputed documents and warning that any legal action could bring them into public view. James’ office, meanwhile, continues to characterize the dispute as a personnel issue and rejects claims that political beliefs influence its enforcement of New York law.

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