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[5] In a statement, Ms. Underwood urged lawmakers to “close New York
[6]’s double jeopardy loophole and ensure that anyone who evades federal justice by virtue of a politically expedient pardon can be held accountable if they violate New York
[7] law.” “We can’t afford to wait to see who will be next,” Ms. Underwood said. “Lawmakers must act now to close New York
[8]’s double jeopardy loophole and ensure that anyone who evades federal justice by virtue of a politically expedient pardon can be held accountable if they violate New York
[9] law.” Mr. D’Souza said her eagerness to take another crack at him proves his point. “Far from shuddering at this latest development, I’m actually chuckling about it because I think it’s very eye-opening,” said Mr. D’Souza. “I have maintained from the beginning that this prosecution in my case was political, that it was motivated by the Obama administration’s desire to somehow get me.” Preet Bharara, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of
New York[10], said Sunday that Mr. D’Souza was “prosecuted fairly” after he accused him of trying to “destroy a fellow Indian-American to advance his career.”“I don’t have any other response, other than to say he was prosecuted fairly,” said Mr. Bharara on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Nobody takes into account someone’s ethnicity or background or even political viewpoint.”Ms. Underwood’s predecessor Eric Schneiderman, who resigned May 7 over sexual-misconduct allegations, had pushed for a bill to exempt anyone from the double-jeopardy ban who receives a presidential pardon or other reprieve, the New York Daily News reported.“She’s basically saying, ‘Listen, the normal course of things didn’t work, this guy got away, and now we’ve got to get him some other way. So let’s come up with a strategy for prosecuting people twice,’” said Mr. D’Souza.The former president of The King’s College in
New York City[11], Mr. D’Souza also took a jab at Ms. Underwood’s use of the
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