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OK one heavily edited twitter transcription so I don't dox myself, yeesh
Judge Napolitano: "(Schneiderman) was very much a thorn in the side of the President, publicly and privately. Publicly, leading the charge in litigation against the federal government, litigation that can be taken up by whoever replaces him. Privately, it's very interesting…"
"…you know, I have to read a lot of stuff for this work here (TV), and one of the things that I was reading, some of it is salacious, I have to tell you, is the Peter Strzok/Lisa Page emails and text messages. And those text messages…"
"…reflect a lot of meanings outside the Justice @TheJusticeDept with members of the DOJ and the FBI and one state official, not federal. Eric Schneiderman was present at a lot of those meetings. Speculation: it was sort of their 'insurance policy', because Donald Trump…"
"…can pardon anybody for a federal crime, but he can't pardon anybody for a state prosecution. I honestly believe that Att'y Gen Schneiderman was contemplating indicting either the people around the President, or the President…"
"… depending upon the outcome of the Mueller Investigation, for violation of NY State financial laws, which have a low bar. They're a little bit easier to prove guilt than the federal statutes. Now, the question is who replaces him, and how does it happen?"
"It's an odd system. He's popularly elected here (NY) but yet he'll be replaced by a vote of the (state) legislature. So, some name will come up. Now, can you think of a prominent Democratic ex-federal prosecutor, thorn in the side of the President, who lives in NYC?"
Other host: "Ugh, Preet Bharara?" Judge Nap: "There you go. If the state legislature picks him, he'll be a little bit of a thorn in the side of Gov. Cuomo, but he'll be that Progressive attack dog that Schneiderman was, until yesterday."
"I don't know about these allegations, but they must be profound, because he fell like that (gestures). This has been bubbling beneath the surface for a long time, and we didn't know about it, or the evidence is overwhelming, and he couldn't stop it."
"So the big picture here, is who wanted him to go, as quickly as possible? Not his opponents, but Democrats. They did not want this albatross around their neck. He resigned within 2 hours of Gov Cuomo saying, 'you have to go'."
"This may not necessarily be good news for the Trump people, because he might be replaced by someone whose political goals will be the same, but whose personal behavior will be acceptable."
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