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N.Y. Attorney General, Invoking Trump, Calls For Albany To Close Pardon 'Loophole'

Eric Schneiderman asked state lawmakers to alter New York criminal law so that a presidential pardon might not protect someone from state-level prosecution.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has asked lawmakers in Albany to amend state law so a presidential pardon might not protect its recipient against state-level prosecution.

New York's attorney general wants lawmakers to change the state's criminal laws so that potential pardons by President Trump wouldn't necessarily protect people from being charged in the state system.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat, to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders in Albany that in some cases, as the law stands now,

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