• return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 months ago

    Karen Friedman Agnifilo will represent him in New York. Friedman Agnifilo previously worked as the chief assistant district attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office under Cyrus Vance Jr. for seven years and is a veteran with deep experience in New York City’s criminal justice system. She has worked in private practice since 2021.

    “She’s got as much experience as any human being, especially in the state court,” one longtime New York prosecutor told CNN. “She knows every corridor, every judge, every clerk in the courthouse.”

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      4 months ago

      She knows every corridor, every judge, every clerk in the courthouse.

      The implication that knowing the people is more important than knowing the law is actually kinda worrying.

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    4 months ago

    Thinking of running for high office? Looking for a hook for your campaign? Run for governor of NY on a campaign pledge to give Luigi a full pardon. You would win in a landslide.

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    4 months ago

    On an unrelated note, I wonder if Snowden would come back after a pardon now that he’s a Russian citizen.

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      Russia can keep him, he’s one of those “Long enough to be the villain” situations