Eric Schneiderman Sponsored a Domestic Violence Law That Could Now Be Used Against Him

Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sponsored legislation that criminalized strangulation — a law that legal experts say could now be used to prosecute him, as he faces allegations from women who say he hit, choked and threatened them.

Schneiderman resigned on Monday, and the Manhattan District Attorney’s office is now investigating the accusations.

"He seems to have seen himself as being above the law that he helped write.