Andrew Cuomo: “We've weaponized the criminal justice system. There's no…”

“I think the mayor badly compromised himself with Trump. With Trump, and I think the situation that he created, the situation he created for himself, not that he had an option. We've weaponized the criminal justice system. There's no doubt about that. That, to me, is the most frightening threat to democracy. But he was indicted. He didn't want to go to trial. The federal government very rarely loses at trial.” (58:22–58:27)

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