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American lawyer and politician (born 1958)
Letitia Ann "Tish" James is an American lawyer and politician from the state of New York. She has served since 2019 as the 67th attorney general of New York (NYAG), having been first elected to the post in 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, James is the first Black person to serve as New York attorney general and is the first Black woman to hold statewide office in New York.
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Private university in Ithaca, New York, US
Cornell University is a private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson White in 1865. Since its founding, Cornell University has been a co-educational and nonsectarian institution. As of fall 2024, the student body included 16,128 undergraduate and 10,665 postgraduate students from all 50 U.S. states and 130 countries.
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The quote circulated online after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed Letitia James as a special prosecutor in the Cornell University investigation.
Reporters asked Trump about James’ involvement as he left the White House for a rally in Alabama.
The president doesn’t know what happened at Cornell, but when young men are accused of sexual assault, his instinct has long been to worry about them first.