Evening Edition: New York City Mayor Adams Indicted In Historic Federal Case

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on federal charges including taking bribes from foreign nationals in exchange for certain favors. Prosecutors say Adams accepted illegal campaign funds, free hotel rooms and upgraded flights from Turkish nationals in exchange to waive off fire inspections of the Turkish Consulate in Manhattan. Adams has denied any wrongdoing and vows to stay in office while facing forty five years if convicted of all accounts. FOX’s John Saucier speaks with Ken Belkin, criminal defense attorney in New York, who says don't be too quick to judgment because there is much more that needs to be known about the details of the charges. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.8	rundown.
0:40.8	Thursday, September 26th, 2024.
0:45.0	I'm John Saucier.
0:47.0	A historic day here in New York City after a federal indictment has been unsealed against
0:50.9	the mayor, Eric Adams.
0:52.8	This scathing indictment says the mayor improperly accepted campaign contributions
0:56.7	in exchange for favors and also made moves to conceal those actions.
1:00.8	There's been a federal investigation going on for a while surrounding the
1:03.5	Adams administration and already many of his top deputies have resigned their
1:07.2	positions but will the mayor himself step down next?
1:10.5	This sounds like a case where there's going to be a voluminous amount of discovery.
1:15.8	A lot of digital communications that are going to have to be turned over to the defense and it's going
1:21.5	to take time to go through them.
1:23.4	So I don't know how speedy of a trial it's going to be.
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