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The Last Time A College Hired An Obama Aide To Investigate A Sex Scandal, It Didn’t End Well

In 2017, the University of Rochester was in a similar position as Cornell. It hired an ex-Obama lawyer to investigate sex claims behind a media firestorm. She found them false. That set off another round of protests, the school president re

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The Last Time A College Hired An Obama Aide To Investigate A Sex Scandal, It Didn’t End Well
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In 2017, the University of Rochester was in a similar position as Cornell. It hired an ex-Obama lawyer to investigate sex claims behind a media firestorm.

She found them false. That set off another round of protests, the school president resigned, and the college paid $10 million to plaintiffs who the lawyer said had no case.

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