New L.A. D.A. Nathan Hochman Says Menendez Brothers Lawyer’s “Narrative Is Absolutely Wrong”; Vows To Enforce Sanctuary Laws Against Trump Deportation Threats – The Deadline Q&A

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EXCLUSIVE: Up on the top floor of downtown’s Hall of Justice, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office has little of the grandeur that the rest of the nearly 100-year-old ornate building itself would suggest, as the newly sworn-in Nathan Hochman himself points out. “I wondered why all the windows were facing upwards, why they had what looked like bars on them,” the former U.S.

Assistant Attorney General says. “I discovered this used to be the County jail before the building reopened in 2015,” Hochman adds with a laugh, waving his arms around his own largely bare office not far from where now dead Charles Manson and still living Sirhan Sirhan were once incarcerated.

Just a few days into his term, after a landslide victory over one-termer George Gascón with support from Netflix’s Ted Sarandos and Oscar nominated documentarian Rory Kennedy, ex-Republican Hochman makes no secret of the fact he’s trying to settle in quickly, figuratively and literally.

Yet, in a sprawling county larger and with a greater population than most states, no matter how fast he goes, time is not something Hochman has in abundance as a thirst for change, a need for safety, and anger at incumbents was what turned so many Angelenos against Gascón.