Zohran Mamdani: “The law department of the city...is at this point…”

“Some of them are ensuring that you actually provide the support and the focus to a law department of the city that has a storied history of being on The law department of the city...is at this point understaffed compared to even just a few years ago. Too often we treat Donald Trump's pronouncements as if they are law simply by virtue of the fact that they come from his mouth, when in fact, what we are often discussing are the most obvious overreaches and illegalities that we've seen in modern politics.” (37:51–38:05)

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