On April 6, the Assistant Attorney General, Harmeet Dhillon, posted that your plan, quote, sounds fishy and illegal. We'll review, exclamation point. Have you had any actual communication with the Justice Department over this? You know, I have not had direct communication myself [with the Justice Department]. Our team is always in communication with the federal administration over a number of areas of disagreement. But we are fully confident in this report and in our ability to withstand any pressure. (05:26–05:30)

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Zohran Mamdani: “I have not had direct communication myself [with the Justice…”