A former federal prosecutor with an extensive record of taking down terrorists, violent criminals, and international cartels is entering the race to unseat New York Attorney General Letitia James, the controversial Democrat incumbent and adversary of President Donald Trump.
Saritha Komatireddy, 41, is expected to officially announce her run for the Republican nomination Monday, joining a growing field of GOP contenders aiming to defeat James next November.
Komatireddy served more than 10 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, rising to chief of International Narcotics and Money Laundering, deputy chief of Appeals, and deputy chief of General Crimes. Over those years, she helped prosecute al-Qaeda and ISIS operatives, the Sinaloa Cartel, and some of the most violent and sophisticated criminals in the country.
“I’ve spent over a decade in the U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuting the worst of the worst,” Komatireddy said, according to the New York Post. “Now I want to get the attorney general’s office back to basics — protecting New Yorkers and locking up criminals.”
“Under Letitia James, the AG’s office has become preoccupied with partisan vendettas and lost sight of what matters,” she added.
A Harvard College and Harvard Law School graduate and longtime Columbia Law lecturer, Komatireddy previously clerked for Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his time on the U.S. Court of Appeals. She is a married mother of four.
