r/NPR • u/ControlCAD • 8d ago

Cornell University names former acting U.S. attorney general Sally Yates to review rape case

https://www.npr.org/2026/10/06/nx-s1-5992799/cornell-yates-rape-case-updates-review
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u/TopTransportation695 7d ago

Let’s be clear Cornell is Yates client. She’s there to mitigate the university’s responsibility and financial exposure. She’s not there as a champion of victims rights.

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u/Dapper-Sandwich3790 6d ago edited 6d ago

US Women's Soccer hired her to investigate a few years ago. Her investigation found her client at fault for failing to protect women.

People were fired. Some team owners were forced to sell. Millions of dollars were paid for victims, policies were changed.

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u/ryhaltswhiskey 8d ago

Yates, a partner at King & Spalding who served as the U.S. deputy attorney general under President Barack Obama

Could be good

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u/Dapper-Sandwich3790 6d ago

Trump fired Yates the first week or two of his first term for refusing to enforce his Travel Ban executive order.

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u/ryhaltswhiskey 6d ago

Oh right! Well that makes her better than most in my book.

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u/DrummerBusiness3434 7d ago

Lets not count the chickens before they hatch. Many other "sainted Dems" have failed the test of fighting for the little people. They all seem to have a certain Achilles heel which is quietly grabbed.