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Ex-US attorney says Bass bears 'ultimate responsibility' for failures in fire response

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15.01.2025

Michel Valentine, former U.S. attorney, blamed Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for what he described as failures in the local government’s response to the wildfires.

“In my opinion, as a former prosecutor, this verges on criminal negligence. I say it's just wrong,” Valentine said in an interview Tuesday on NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.”

“A lot of people are at fault,” he continued. “I think Mayor Bass bears the ultimate responsibility for this failure, and I think she should be held accountable. There's no way that that I could trust her again as my mayor in light of this tragedy. There's no way.”

Valentine — who said he lives at the top of the Pacific Palisades, next to the ridge line where the fire broke out —........

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