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It reads as a blunt admission that trust has been damaged and cannot be repaired by slogans alone. The point is less about one scandal than about the larger job of restoring public trust through visible, practical changes, which lands in any moment when a government faces skepticism and needs to show it can be held to account.
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About Eric Schneiderman
American lawyer and politician
Eric Schneiderman is an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 65th attorney general of New York from 2011 until 2018, after ten years in the New York State Senate. A Democrat, he was elected attorney general after his time in the state senate. He resigned in May 2018 after allegations of physical abuse were reported, and in 2021 his law license was suspended for a year following a disciplinary proceeding in which he admitted to the conduct.
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