In Maine, State AG's Lawsuit Against Trump Leads to Another Against the State AG

A legal feud between Republican Maine Gov. Paul LePage and the state’s Democratic attorney general returned to court recently when the governor filed a new complaint alleging his political foe is improperly holding back public records he wants to see.

In a complaint filed in Androscoggin County Superior Court, LePage alleges Attorney General Janet Mills willfully refused to provide access to public records that should have been turned over.

The move escalates a legal fight the pair have engaged in much of the year after Mills refused to provide legal help for LePage’s effort to defend immigration bans imposed by President Donald Trump.