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Kathy Hochul, Tish James rush to exploit ‘Cornell 7’ — justice be damned

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What a disgusting farce: Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Tish James are exploiting the Cornell 7 furor to serve their re-election campaigns, paying transparently insincere lip service to any quest for justice.

Citing doubts over the initial campus police investigation and a loss of confidence in Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten, Hochul late Thursday named James as special prosecutor in the case.

Yet this came days after both women had publicly prejudged the whole thing, issuing statements taking the accuser’s charges (actually, the accuser’s lawyers’ charges) as simply true, even though other evidence already public suggests the story’s far more complicated.

That is: Hochul and James figure it serves their needs to join the lynch mob — truth and justice be damned.

“She’ll follow the facts,” the gov declared at their joint press conference Friday, adding that “if the evidence supports criminal charges,” James will “pursue them.”

How does “follow the facts” squares with James........

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