Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Crime & Law
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A state judge is set to consider whether social media posts by New York’s attorney general should disqualify her from leading a criminal investigation into gang rape allegations at Cornell University.
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posts → set → University
Attorney General Letitia James was appointed special prosecutor to oversee a renewed criminal probe earlier this month after a former Cornell student filed a lawsuit alleging that she was raped by several men at a fraternity party.
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she → appoint → party
Jane Doe said in her lawsuit that some of the men pressured her into using ketamine and marijuana and that she drank alcohol that left her too intoxicated to consent before the alleged gang rape in October 2024.
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that → say → October
Within days of James’ appointment, lawyers for two of men named as defendants in Jane Doe‘s lawsuit filed challenges, one that Judge James R. Farrell will hear on Thursday and the other in Tompkins County, where Cornell is located.
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Cornell → name → County
The men argue that James is biased because she expressed support for the accuser in social media posts days before she was appointed to the case.
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she → argue → case
“What this young woman has been forced to endure is horrific and unacceptable,” James posted to X and Facebook on Sept. 28 alongside a link to a news article about the lawsuit.
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James → force → lawsuit
“I’m holding her in my heart and in my prayers.
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I → hold → prayers
To her, and to all survivors: you’re not alone.
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you → ’re → survivors
We stand with you.”
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We → stand → you
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on Oct. 1 that took the case away from the local prosecutor, Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten, who declined to bring charges in 2024, and named James as special prosecutor.
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who → sign → prosecutor
James, a Democrat, is not expected to attend Thursday’s court hearing in Monticello, about 72 miles (116 kilometers) northwest of Manhattan.
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James → expect → Manhattan
Andrew Miltenberg, a lawyer for the man whose case is being heard, wrote that James' social media post “has unequivocally demonstrated a bias and presumption of guilt against the defendants” named in Jane Doe’s lawsuit.
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post → hear → lawsuit
Miltenberg has requested that Farrell order Hochul to appoint a special prosecutor “who is free from actual or perceived conflicts of interest or bias.”
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who → request → interest
James' office said in a court filing that the challenge is “procedurally defective and substantively meritless,” and argued that courts have previously ruled that the governor is free to exercise her executive power as she chooses, including in appointing a special prosecutor.
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she → say → prosecutor
While Petitioner relies on the AG’s remarks in a single social media post as proof that the various ills he fears will come to pass, such speculative and conclusory claims of harm — premised entirely on his own mischaracterization of the AG’s statements — are insufficient for hardship,” Assistant Attorney General Kaitlin Vigars wrote.
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Vigars → rely → hardship
James declined to comment on the social media posts at a news conference announcing her appointment.
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James → decline → appointment
Hochul reiterated her support for James, saying she’d thoroughly investigate.
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she → reiterate → James
“I have every confidence in our attorney general to do what she has always done: Look at the facts, examine the record, draw the proper conclusions,” Hochul said.
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Hochul → have → conclusions
“That’s exactly what’s going to happen in this case.”
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what → ’ → case
James is known for a number of high-profile cases, including against the National Rifle Association and President Donald Trump.
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James → know → Association
James labeled Trump a “con man” and “carnival barker” and vowed to shine a “bright light into every dark corner of his real estate dealings.”
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James → label → dealings
She also headed up a civil investigation that led to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation over sexual harassment allegations.
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that → head → allegations
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