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Los Angeles County D.A. George Gascón is setting the record straight, saying his push to recommend resentencing for the Menendez brothers isn’t about public buzz or winning an election -- it’s about doing what he personally believes is right.

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00:00You know, as you head to the polls today, you've got big choices to make.

00:05Who will be our next president?

00:06Who will speak for you in Congress?

00:08Will the Menendez brothers be able to go to Nobu this Christmas?

00:12Well, that one's more up to you LA voters.

00:14The LA County DA insists that his quest to free the Menendez brothers had nothing to

00:20do with trying to win an election.

00:22Which George Gascon has been accused of in the wake of the Netflix show and the documentaries

00:26renewing public interest in the case.

00:29Joining us on TMZ Live, Gascon says none of that was a factor.

00:32We have been working in both the habeas and the resent, well the habeas for over a year.

00:37Resentencing for, you know, since early this year.

00:39But says the public interest did kind of force them to have that press conference last month.

00:44When the docu series, show, whatever you want to call it came out, we were getting flooded

00:50with media requests as to the status of our, you know, our process.

00:55My communications unit was getting overwhelmed and I said, you know, we're going to put a

00:58stop to this.

00:59I will go publicly.

01:00I will say that I am evaluating.

01:03And decided resentencing the brothers December 11th is the right thing to do.

01:07As for today's election.

01:08It's really going to be interesting because if he loses the election, the new DA takes

01:13office before the actual hearing.

01:16We had his opponent on TMZ Live who refused to say what he would do.

01:22The judge can continue it at the request of, you know, a new DA that says, hey, I need

01:28more time to review it.

01:29And what's a few more months, huh?

01:31Who's more nervous?

01:33The Menendez brothers or Kamala?

01:35Kamala!

01:36Gascon did pander a bit.

01:38You know, I covered this case.

01:40I've watched it for 35 years.

01:41Well, were you 10 years old when you were looking at the case?

01:45Now you're looking for votes.

01:48Appreciate your time, counselor.

01:50Go vote.

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