Adams Prosecution Update
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's The Brian Lair Show on WNYC. |
| 0:13.5 | I'm Amina Serna, a producer for The Brian Lair Show, filling in for Brian today. |
| 0:18.2 | Good morning, everyone. |
| 0:19.7 | Coming up on today's show, we'll talk about the new 25% tariffs announced by President Trump on steel and aluminum imports, what they mean to you and their implications on broader trade policy. |
| 0:31.8 | Then we'll turn to local news and the reports on how Nassau County has authorized its police detectives to work with ICE agents |
| 0:39.2 | to arrest undocumented immigrants who have been charged of a crime. |
| 0:44.3 | Later, we'll check in on legalized cannabis. |
| 0:48.0 | Our guest argues legalization has led to more frequent consumption and increased potency of the product. |
| 0:54.2 | He says that those factors raise a range of concerns for both mental and physical health. |
| 0:59.5 | And we'll end the show with the news that New York City is getting a new area code. |
| 1:04.5 | We'll open up the phones for you out there who have strong feelings about your own area codes. |
| 1:10.3 | But first, after months of Mayor Adams seeming to cozy up to President Trump, |
| 1:16.5 | the Department of Justice has ordered federal prosecutors in Manhattan to drop the corruption |
| 1:21.9 | charges against the mayor. |
| 1:23.9 | With me now to talk about the DOJ's reasoning and what might come next for the mayor is Bridget Bergen, WMYC's senior politics reporter. |
| 1:34.2 | Hey, Bridget. |
| 1:35.0 | Hey, Amina. |
| 1:36.7 | First, can you remind listeners what the mayor has charged with, what's charged with? |
| 1:42.0 | Sure. |
| 1:42.6 | So, you know, this goes back to just this past September. |
| 1:46.0 | There was a five-count criminal indictment. Prosecutors alleged that Adams accepted about |
| 1:51.2 | $100,000 in luxury travel perks. They also said he took illegal foreign campaign contributions |
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