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LA Federal Prosecutors Deny Yasiel Puig’s Claim of Government Bias

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have hit back at ex-Dodger Yasiel Puig’s allegation that he was targeted in an illegal sports betting case because of his skin color, according to court papers obtained Thursday. In a filing Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office wrote that Puig’s “assertion of race-based selective prosecution bespeaks its hollowness.” The filing […]