Embattled NY AG Letitia James accused of bullying women with trans sports stance in new federal lawsuit

Olympic champion Caitlyn Jenner flew to New York Monday to stand with a local official who is suing AG Letitia James in federal court over her push to force Nassau County to allow biological males to compete in all-female sporting events.

After New York Attorney General Letitia James ordered Nassau County to "cease-and-desist" a new ban on biological males competing in female sports, local leaders responded with a federal lawsuit declaring the state's stance a form of "bullying" against women.

It's the latest in a saga pitting New York's Democratic leadership against a Republican-led county fed up with progressive mandates.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman issued an executive order in February banning trans women and girls from competing in all-female sporting events at county-owned facilities, arguing that such competitions are unfair, unconstitutional and physically dangerous.

James issued a cease-and-desist order against the county. Then the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of a women's roller derby team, calling the order a "harmful, transphobic policy."

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Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference at her office in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Now Nassau County is taking James and the state of New York to federal court, alleging in another lawsuit that the attorney general is "unconstitutionally discriminating" against women and girls.

"This is not anti-trans, this is protecting women and girls," Blakeman said Monday at a news briefing alongside Olympic champion and trans activist Caitlyn Jenner, arguing that his order protects female athletes from "bullying" and