Claims extracted
25
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 25 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
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Embattled New York Attorney General Letitia James is planning to hire outside counsel to investigate the seven Cornell University fraternity brothers accused of raping a female classmate — after coming under fire to recuse herself for making prejudicial comments about the incident, The Post has learned.
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Post → embattle → incident
The AG’s office has already interviewed multiple former federal prosecutors to probe the “Cornell 7” case, and the leading candidates include powerhouse lawyer Maggie Gandy, sources said.
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sources → interview → Gandy
Gandy was deputy chief of the organized crime and gang section as a former Brooklyn federal prosecutor and is now a partner in the women-owned boutique firm Corva Law LLP, which specializes in civil rights, sexual misconduct matters, and criminal defense.
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which → own → rights
James had posted sympathy for the accuser on social media days before Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed her on Oct. 1 as the special prosecutor in the exploding scandal.
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Hochul → post → scandal
“What this young woman has been forced to endure is horrific and unacceptable,” the attorney general wrote on X on Sept. 28.
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general → force → Sept.
“I’m holding her in my heart and in my prayers.
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I → hold → prayers
To her, and to all survivors: you’re not alone.
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you → ’re → survivors
We stand with you.”
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We → stand → you
Critics – including President Trump — immediately called for her to step away, saying she was too political, biased and unethical to fairly investigate the case.
Norman Siegel, a longtime civil rights lawyer, said James is doing the right thing, adding that her taking the case would be like a police commissioner commenting on police misconduct cases before a probe is finished.
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probe → include → cases
“These high profile cases have to be fair and unbiased,” the former New York Civil Liberties Union head said Saturday.
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head → have → ?
“People have to be extremely disciplined in what they say.
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they → have → what
The optics have to be 100% fair and unbiased.
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optics → have → ?
“She tried to show empathy for the alleged victim,” he added.
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he → try → victim
“I say ‘alleged.’
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I → say → ?
We don’t know all the facts.
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We → know → facts
Some people have convicted the men in this case.
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people → convict → case
“It’s prudent for the attorney general to appoint an outside attorney to lead and assist the case at this point.
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general → ’ → point
It will address some of the optics that have been raised.”
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that → address → optics
Hochul erred in appointing James as a special prosecutor given the AG’s prior comments, and James should have recused herself or declined taking the case, said James Quinn, a former top prosecutor in the Queens District Attorney’s Office.
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Quinn → err → Office
“It’s one mistake after another,” said Quinn, while adding that hiring an independent lawyer “is the only thing to do.”
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hiring → ’ → lawyer
It’s unclear how much contracting out an investigation will cost taxpayers, but James in 2021 hired former federal prosecutors Joon Kim and Anne Clark to investigate allegations of sexual harassment by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo – with the state agreeing to pick up a more than $3.5 million tab.
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state → ’ → tab
Republican Saritha Komatireddy, a former federal prosecutor trying to unseat James as attorney general in the Nov. 3 general election, said the AG’s decision to seek outside help shows James “is not qualified to prosecute this case and not qualified to be the attorney general of this state.”
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James → try → state
“This turn of events underscores what we’ve been saying all along — what New York needs now is a prosecutor as attorney general,” she said.
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she → underscore → general
Gandy and reps for James and Hochul didn’t return messages on Saturday.
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Gandy → return → Saturday
The “Cornell 7” case became national news after a “Jane Doe” filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court two months ago accusing seven fraternity brothers of raping her at Cornell’s Phi Chi fraternity house in October 2024.
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Doe → become → October
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