New York Democrat Attorney General Letitia James was booed and drowned out by chants of "Trump" while delivering a speech Thursday at the New York Fire Department promotion ceremony.
Moments after stepping to the podium at a church, James thanked Commissioner Laura Kavanagh before the crowd started chanting former president Donald Trump's last name, Newsweek reported.
"Trump! Trump! Trump!" the crowed shouted.
James responded: "Come on, we're in a house of God ... simmer down."
The attorney general campaigned for her job branding Trump as a "con man" and "carnival barker" and pledging to shine a "bright light into every dark corner of his real estate dealings."
She then filed a lawsuit against Trump alleging that he and his elder sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., illegally inflated the value of the properties owned by The Trump Organization.
A New York judge ruled last month against Trump, imposing a $364 million penalty over what the judge ruled was a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated the former president’s wealth.
Accrued interest has increased the penalty to more than $400 million.
Trump, who has vowed to appeal the ruling, is required to secure a bond amounting to the full value of the penalties by March 25.
The former president has denied any wrongdoing in the civil fraud case.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.