L.A. D.A. Candidate Nathan Hochman Calls Menendez Decision Timing 'Suspicious'

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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is trying to get the Menendez brothers out of prison to score some quick political points ... so says his opponent in November's election.

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00:00Right now, at least, seems like D.A. Gascon is trying to fast-track this, and now it's

00:08in the hands of Judge Ryan.

00:12Do you feel like it's being rushed so that it gets done before you're in office?

00:17Yes.

00:18The timing is incredibly suspicious.

00:20In fact, the original habeas motion was filed in May of 2023.

00:25The resentencing request was submitted in February of 2024.

00:29So if Gascon truly believed that the menendeces should be resentenced, he's delayed eight

00:34to 16 months in making that decision.

00:37And since there is no deadline in filing a resentencing request, he could have filed

00:42it on November 6th, 7th, or 8th after the November 5th general election.

00:47By filing it 12 days before that election, when he's 30 points down in the polls, and

00:52there were headlines that came out recently that said that a double murderer got out of

00:57prison in four years because of Gascon's policy and murdered again, he has basically

01:02used the menendez case as a made-for-TV media event to distract voters' attention from his

01:08record of public safety failure.

01:11And that is very, very obvious by the timing of when he is doing all this.

01:16When the D.A. said that—acknowledged that public interest generated by documentaries,

01:24the Netflix series, had an impact here in getting this—moving up the date to actually

01:33have this resentencing, to file for the resentencing, your reaction to that?

01:39My reaction to that is that the D.A. is gaslighting the public when he says that.

01:44Again, he had that resentencing request fully formed in February of 2024.

01:50We had the habeas with all the new evidence that they have alleged to alter what should

01:56be the verdict in this case back in May of 2023.

02:00If Gascon truly believed that resentencing was appropriate, he could have made a decision

02:058 to 16 months ago.

02:08So this is clearly—the timing is clearly politically motivated.

02:12And again, I don't know one way or the other whether or not the ultimate recommendation

02:16is appropriate, but I will if I have to make that decision after a thorough review.

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