“worked his district

“he is not a distinguished local politician

“Hong ran an inspirational grassroots campaign that mobilized people around key issues like data centers, but her failure to advertise in the final days probably cost her the election

“wasn't as sharp as we would have liked

“detectives had done "serious" work but "didn't have enough evidence" for a charge

“he wasn't stressed or sad

“didn't have enough evidence to get to a charge

“"He didn't really want to talk about that. He didn't really want to talk about policy specifics. He wanted to describe himself as winning. And he wanted to show us how he had remade Washington."

Maggie Haberman

The New York Times' reporter

Axios · Aug 13
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