Trump says ‘I feel badly’ for accused Cornell gang rapists because his nemesis is investigating them

President Donald Trump said Friday he feels "badly" for the seven men accused in a gang rape case at Cornell University, because New York Attorney General Letitia James is now overseeing the inquiry. Asked by Fox's Peter Doocy before leaving for a campaign rally in Mobile, Alabama, Trump called James corrupt and said anyone she investigates will not get a fair shake. He did not express sympathy for the accuser. It was his second comment on the matter; a day earlier he said he knew little about it and trusted Cornell's leadership to do right, according to The Independent.

Gov. Kathy Hochul turned the case over to James after saying she had lost confidence in local police and prosecutors, and she vowed not to let anyone bury it. James is the prosecutor whose office won Trump's conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

The case became public through a 101-page lawsuit, filed September 14 in New York County Supreme Court by an unnamed woman. It alleges she was assaulted in October 2024 at Cornell's Chi Phi fraternity house in Ithaca by seven men, who reportedly discussed it in a group chat. Cornell denies wrongdoing or mishandling.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →