Bowman Threatens Defamation Lawsuit After Latimer Says He Takes ‘Money From Hamas’

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By Peter Sterne & Austin C. Jefferson

Over the weekend, Westchester County Executive George Latimer baselessly accused incumbent Rep. Jamaal Bowman of “taking money from Hamas.”

Latimer made the comments in response to a voter who asked him why he had accepted money from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

Bowman has demanded that Latimer retract the statement or face a potential defamation lawsuit, but Latimer is instead doubling down. Read more here.

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