Subject: Re: Bondi files charges against NY
It's an expression.

Oh, I know - but it's usually used when an individual is now in personal legal jeopardy and now has to go out and get lawyers they didn't have before.

The State of New York probably has thousands of lawsuits filed against it in any given month, as would the governor. Neither the State or the governor is going to "lawyer up" - the state Attorney General office will just handle these cases, just like any of the other cases.