The Manhattan DA’s office released a statement last night blaming the NYPD for not coordinating with their office prior to the sting call and thus not establishing enough evidence to “prove a misdemeanor sex crime.”
The office said:
"If we could have prosecuted Harvey Weinstein for the conduct that occurred in 2015, we would have." https://t.co/HkEChXMuCq
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 10, 2017
Here’s the whole statement:
Statement from Manhattan Chief Assistant District Attorney Karen Friedman-Agnifilo on 2015 Harvey Weinstein allegations pic.twitter.com/PeCUCk6ywj
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) October 10, 2017
Anyone buying that?
Spoiler: They could have https://t.co/ptNb3LrEvC
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 10, 2017
Thus reads as total bullshit. https://t.co/ZDTmWGwEjE
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) October 10, 2017
— Rachel Stockman (@RStockmanLAW) October 10, 2017
And we’d really like to hear what the NYPD has to say about all of this:
….aaand the DA blames NYPD for not prosecuting Harvey Weinstein https://t.co/QlZ7OJESu6
— Devlin Barrett (@DevlinBarrett) October 10, 2017
Vance's office throws blame back at NYPD for botching Weinstein investigation. https://t.co/WSA9cvG2wi
— Josh Nathan-Kazis (@joshnathankazis) October 10, 2017
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