Andrew Luger on his plans for U.S. attorney of Minnesota
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Andrew Luger was sworn in for the second time as U.S. attorney for Minnesota on March 30. He is now the top-ranking federal law enforcement official for Minnesota responsible for prosecuting federal crimes in the district.
He served in this position once before under former President Barack Obama. It was then that he oversaw a number of high profile and controversial cases, including the conviction of nine young East African men for attempting to join ISIS. Lugar made the decision to not to file charges against the Minneapolis police officers who killed Jamar Clark and led the prosecution of Danny Heinrich, the man who killed Jacob Wetterling.
He joined host Cathy Wurzer to talk about his plans as U.S. attorney.
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