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Zohran Mamdani: “Donald Trump is persecuting [Letitia James] because she held…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Collins asks Mamdani if he's worried Trump will also target him after NY AG indictment

Published | Video Starts at 01:10

She told me, don't worry about me. And I think that's just indicative of what she means to so many New Yorkers. She's somebody who has put the city, … Donald Trump is persecuting [Letitia James] because she held [him] to the same law. … And so what we're seeing is, is the weaponization of justice. And it's one that's looking to make an example of the Attorney General, but it's one where we will have her back through every step of the way. (01:10–01:21)

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Asserts that Donald Trump is targeting Letitia James for applying the law equally to him.

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