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Chuck Schumer: “The case is so weak that even Trump's first prosecutor, who…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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And they did it with Tish James. She had a legitimate case. She pursued it. She actually won. So Trump is now trying to get back at her. But The case is so weak that even Trump's first prosecutor, who he appointed, said, there's not a case here. So he fired that one and put a new prosecutor in who would do whatever he wants. But I talked to Tish James a half hour after the indictment came through. (08:40–08:46)

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Asserts that the case against Letitia James is weak and was dismissed by Trump's first appointed prosecutor.

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