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Trump Suggests Cornell Defendants Won’t Get a ‘Fair Shake’ From Letitia James

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President Trump weighed in on the case when asked about Ms. James, who has become a target of his second-term retribution campaign.

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All three outlets focus on the special prosecutor in the Cornell case, but they frame it differently. South China Morning Post is the only one to foreground Governor Kathy Hochul criticizing police and prosecutors’ handling, while CNN centers Donald Trump attacking New York AG Letitia James after her appointment. NPR mentions the Cornell special prosecutor only in passing and uses it as part of a broader item that also includes Renee Good’s family suing the government.

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