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Why Kathy Hochul chose Tish James to probe ‘Cornell 7’: Corrupt bargain? Sleazy campaigning?

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When she chose Attorney General Tish James to lead the Cornell 7 investigation, Gov. Kathy Hochul had to know how bad it would look to everyone but the lynch mob and the ignorant — so why do it anyway?

No honorable excuse is possible.

James is as partisan as it gets, persecuting her enemies and ignoring outrages by her fellow-travelers: bad news for President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association, good news for Medicaid fraudsters and allies looting nonprofits.

And she’d publicly prejudged the Cornell case days before Hochul tapped her, declaring that what Jane Doe was “forced to endure is horrific and unacceptable” — but then again so had Hochul, who said the accuser was........

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