Four Women Accuse New York’s Attorney General of Physical Abuse
Eric Schneiderman has raised his profile as a voice against sexual misconduct. Now, after suing Harvey Weinstein, he faces a #MeToo reckoning of his own.
www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/four-women-accuse-new-yorks-attorney-general-of-physical-abuse
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Eric Schneiderman, New York Attorney General, Quits After Assault Claims
www.nytimes.com/2018/05/07/nyregion/new-york-attorney-general-eric-schneiderman-abuse.html?smid=tw-share
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Sarah Kendzior
@sarahkendzior
I've been wondering why Trump's team seemed so unconcerned with potential NY state charges if they're pardoned federally.
I'm guessing this is why.
Connor Saparoff Ferguson
@csferguson
Replying to @sarahkendzior
Do you think it's likely they knew this story was in the works?
Sarah Kendzior
******@sarahkendzior
Yes. That's their trade; they have decades of dirt on everyone. I want more details on this story, but the co-authors are good reporters, so I think the allegations should be taken seriously.
Richard Vamos
@RickVamos
Replying to @sarahkendzior
But serious question: While not helpful, isn’t someone else just going to step in with all the same evidence and case?
Sarah Kendzior
@sarahkendzior
In a functional legal system, yes. This whole time, I've thought the Trump team had a back-up plan for the NY AG -- either a legit problem, or a manipulation of the court system.
What should happen is a straightforward continuation of the cases based on law and evidence, but...
Mike Carolla
@MikeCarolla
Replying to @sarahkendzior
Sarah, that's not how this works. If Schneiderman resigns, the investigation gets passed off to other people in the AG's office as well as DA offices.
Sarah Kendzior
@sarahkendzior
You may have noticed the rule of law is in tatters and protocol has been effectively abandoned while a mafia brigade posing as a government commits crimes in plain sight?
That is why I don't think an AG transition, followed by the new AG continuing prosecution, will go smoothly.
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Sarah Kendzior
@sarahkendzior
I posted this quote a few days ago:
"I don't want to know what the law is. I want to know who the judge is." -- Trump's mentor, Roy Cohn
That goes for prosecutors too and anyone in law. You need to grasp how Trump's camp thinks. Do not act like them, but anticipate the moves.
They'll disregard, manipulate and if possible, rewrite laws to exonerate themselves and keep money flowing. They'll exploit any vulnerability or personal failure.
Assume they will do the worst, and then insist on rule of law. Demand justice.
But also? Learn to think like them.
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Caroline O.
@RVAwonk
Mensch is doing what she always does: Seizing on a divisive issue and using it to try to drive a wedge.
Let's be clear: Eric Schneiderman, like Al Franken, resigned under his own volition. Due process applies to criminal cases, not employment decisions.
twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/993680007309520898
It's ridiculously offensive & beyond ignorant to dismiss credible allegations of sexual assault as "Russian propaganda."
This is also the type of BS that discredits solid research on Russian disinformation operations.
Sputnik literally used the ridiculous theory that Al Franken was "taken down" by a Russian disinformation operation to try to discredit the entire Russia investigation.
And Julian Assange used Mike Farb's debunked "botnet" story about Al Franken to try to discredit an entire field of research on Russian cyber operations/information warfare.
So let's not go down that road with Eric Schneiderman.
To be clear: I have no doubt that Russian & US actors have & will try to exploit divisions surrounding credible allegations of sexual assault against prominent figures like Eric Schneiderman & Al Franken. But that doesn't mean the allegations themselves are "Russian propaganda."
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Windsor Mann
@WindsorMann
The selective outrage in the Trump camp at Schneiderman is a good reminder of the power of tribalism. It is the enemy of reason and morality.
To quote Orwell: “Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them.”