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Mondaire Jones: “We should not be raising the bar for prosecution simply…”

Featuring: Mondaire Jones, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. House New York, District 17

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Mondaire Jones defends Alvin Bragg

Published | Video Starts at 00:29

The first thing to go, largely a partisan consideration that people have been making with respect to, you know, saying that this is attenuated. I think, look, We should not be raising the bar for prosecution simply because he's a former President of the United States. I think if I had committed these crimes or if someone else on set had committed these crimes, you know, we wouldn't be second guessing. I think, Alvin, in the way that. (00:29–00:37)

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Asserts that the legal standards for prosecution should not be altered due to someone's former presidential status.

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