Fact Check: Did Andrew Cuomo Appoint Hillary Clinton as New York’s Attorney General?

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Eric Schneiderman resigned from his post as attorney general of New York on Tuesday after allegations of physical abuse surfaced the previous day. New York State Solicitor General Barbara Underwood took over as acting AG immediately after Schneiderman left.

But false reporting from Liberty Raise suggested that due to Underwood’s fictional gambling problem, Hillary Clinton would be taking the reins as acting AG.

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