A conservative legal group has launched a sprawling investigation into Kamala Harris' record as a prosecutor, as she emphasizes her background in law enforcement to attack President Trump.
America First Legal is looking into a broad spectrum of Harris' activities as San Francisco DA and California attorney general, from ignoring immigration law to targeting conservative donors.
The investigation traces Harris' ascent through California's political machine, beginning with her appointment to lucrative positions on state boards while she was dating California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown.
“Each step up the ladder of her career appears marked by improprieties or scandal. America First Legal will aggressively probe her former offices and fight to ensure the truth reaches the American people," said Dan Epstein, America First Legal Vice President.
The group's investigation includes her failure to seek the death penalty for killer gang members when she was district attorney of San Francisco.
Harris opposed capital punishment while running for the office, and she stuck to that pledge when black gang member David Hill gunned down police officer Issac Espinoza in 2004.
Her decision was opposed by famous California Democrats including then-San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom.
Later, as attorney general of the state of California, Harris permitted a convicted murderer to receive a transgender surgery at taxpayer expense and defended San Francisco's "sanctuary city" policy shielding illegal immigrants.
America First Legal is also probing Harris for violating federal law on donor privacy to potentially intimidate conservative activists.
As a presidential candidate in 2019, Harris' record was criticized mostly from the left, as she was accused of targeting minorities in the war on drugs.
Harris' record as a prosecutor has re-entered the spotlight since Joe Biden ended his re-election bid and endorsed her.
On the campaign trail, Harris has played up her background to push a "prosecutor versus felon" narrative against Trump.
While Harris focuses on Trump's polarizing conviction in New York, some argue Harris is actually showing she endorses politicized justice.
"If the standard for Kamala Harris is that the process that led to Donald Trump being convicted is one of justice and one that she follows, then logically, it means that she is a political prosecutor, not a fair honest broker," Dan Epstein, America First Legal Vice President, told Fox News Digital.
Meanwhile, Trump and Republicans are attacking Harris as soft-on-crime, citing her record as a prosecutor and her support of an infamous bail fund that benefited murderers and rapists.
