NY AG Appears to Pre-Judge the Cornell Seven Rape Case Before Being Tapped as Special Prosecutor

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York Attorney General Letitia James attend a press conference regarding an investigation into alleged sexual assault at Cornell University, in New York City, October 2, 2026.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James seemed to believe the alleged perpetrators in the “Cornell seven” sexual assault case were guilty before she was ever assigned to serve as a special prosecutor on the case.

“What this young woman has been forced to endure is horrific and unacceptable,” James wrote in a post on social media earlier this week, in response to a New York Times article about the reopening of the investigation into the alleged 2024 gang rape by seven members of a Cornell fraternity.

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Brittany Bernstein is the deputy news editor of National Review Online.

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