Republican lawyer Mike Davis, an adviser for Donald Trump who is being talked up as his potential attorney general, already mirrors the president-elect’s crassness and hostility. (Watch the video below.)

On a right-wing podcast Thursday, Davis took aim at New York Attorney General Letitia James, who sued the former president for committing business fraud and won a $454 million civil judgment against him and the Trump Organization. (He has appealed.)

Mike Davis is a Republican lawyer whose name is being floated as Trump’s potential attorney general if he takes office. Davis is also a former Supreme Court clerk and Senate aide. In October, Trump declared, ‘We want him in a very high capacity.’

“Let me just say this to big Tish James: I dare you to try to continue your lawfare against President Trump in his second term,” Davis said on Benny Johnson’s “Benny Show” podcast. “Because, listen here, sweetheart: We’re not messing around this time, and we will put your fat ass in prison for conspiracy against rights, and I promise you that.”

He continued to rant, “So, think long and hard before you want to violate President Trump‘s constitutional rights or any other American‘s constitutional rights,” adding, “It’s not gonna happen again.”

After Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election, James offered a kind compliment on his victory but also indicated that she and her office are not backing down.

“I congratulate the president-elect, Donald Trump,” James said in a statement alongside New York Governor Kathy Hochul. “And if possible, we will work with his administration. But we will not compromise our values or our integrity or our principles”

Her full statement continued as follows:

“As Attorney General, I will always stand up to protect New Yorkers and fight for our rights and values. My office has been preparing for a potential second Trump Administration, and I am ready to do everything in my power to ensure our state and nation do not go backwards. During his first term, we stood up for the rule of law and defended against abuses of power and federal efforts to harm New Yorkers. Together with Governor Hochul, our partners in state and local government, and my colleague attorneys general from throughout the nation, we will work each and every day to defend Americans, no matter what this new administration throws at us. We are ready to fight back again.”

On Wednesday, following Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris, James said in a statement: “I am ready to do everything in my power to ensure our state and nation do not go backwards. … We will work each and every day to defend Americans, no matter what this new administration throws at us. We are ready to fight back again.”

Davis’ racist and sexist personal insults were no surprise. His over-the-top tough-guy talk has been making news. His recent musings include a proposal to throw journalists in gulags and, regarding Trump’s perceived enemies, “to drag their dead political bodies through the streets, burn them and throw them off the wall (Legally, politically, and financially, of course.)”

While some of his bluster is merely trolling, it’s hard to tell when he’s joking, as HuffPost previously reported.

Trump has said he wants Davis in a “high capacity” but has yet to tip his hand on exactly what position.

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