I will not stand by and allow someone to lie about, not only me, but the dedicated men and women in my office who’ve been in the trenches protecting kids for years. A would-be candidate for Governor is attacking me, prosecutors, and our law enforcement partners who put their life on the line to protect children and catch predators. Enough is enough.
Over the course of the last several weeks, this would-be candidate has peddled lies and mistruths for her own political ambitions and clicks on social media.
Specifically, she has brought up a handful of cases from the last decade related to offenders that obtained illegal images of children. Let me be clear, our ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) division has worked to get these criminals before a judge and hold them accountable. Our objective is to indict, prosecute, and get them added to the Sex Offender Registry.
Since I took office I've grown the ICAC task force 4x its original size and executed just under 3,000 ICAC arrests. Year after year, we’ve fought for legislation to protect children and strengthen our laws. Just this week we helped get an Administrative Subpoena bill passed that cuts red tape to get predators quicker, and we worked to make AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) illegal.
When the would-be candidate for Governor criticizes the Attorney General's Office, she's purposefully omitting the fact that judges give sentences, not prosecutors. When she criticizes the prosecutors, she's ignorant to the fact that often, our office is working in sync with a federal agencies that can get more time.
Our prosecutors and law enforcement officers are underpaid and overworked. Enough is enough. I won't allow someone to use lies, misinformation, and half truths (at best) to cast a negative light on hardworking men and women of law enforcement.
