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New York attorney general resigns after women abuse report

NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned after four women accused him of physical abuse, saying he "strongly" contested the allegations

New York state's top prosecutor and a public champion of the #MeToo movement resigned on Monday, just hours after being accused by The New Yorker of physically assaulting four women.

It was an abrupt fall from power for Eric Scheiderman, the chief law enforcement officer in the state and a Donald Trump opponent whose office had launched multiple legal challenges against the Republican administration.

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