LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Nathan Hochman was sworn in Tuesday as Los Angeles County's new district attorney, replacing George Gascón, a left-wing radical backed by George Soros.
He was sworn in by Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Hollywood action movie star and anti-Trump Republican, who was also the last Republican to be elected to a primary statewide office and was elected as an individual in 2010. He resigned under a cloud of scandal and financial mismanagement.
Hochman, a Republican-turned-independent who supported Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race and supported the prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump, took the oath of office at the Los Angeles Judicial Hall.
he, speech In it, he thanked his family and campaign staff. Unlike Mr. Gascón, who used his inaugural address to launch radical “criminal justice reform,” Mr. Hochman pledged to support prosecutors and police.
He said he opposes “extreme policies” at “both ends of the political pendulum,” including defunding the police on the left and “mass incarceration” on the right. He said the focus would be on deterrence rather than incarceration.
He announced a reversal of previous “total extreme policies” that prohibited prosecutors from seeking reduced sentences or from accompanying crime victims to parole board hearings, and He vowed to focus on the law.
Hockman also said he would form task forces to address specific areas of crime, such as home invasions, and build partnerships with community groups to increase public safety and trust in law enforcement.
Hochman's victory was one of several in California and around the country where Soros-backed prosecutors were defeated or replaced by “tough on crime” prosecutors. According to one source, there have been 21 such replacements since 2022. report.
Soros has backed 75 prosecutors over the past decade, many of them defeating incumbent Democrats, to support the Black Lives Matter movement, change criminal justice, and spark a nationwide crime wave. It is said.
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