Friday, September 27th, 2024 - Adams indicted; Giuliani disbarred; NC Voter Purge; Netanyahu Rejects Ceasefire; Secret Service scandal; Free COVID tests

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🗓️ 27 September 2024

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Today’s Headlines: New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been hit with serious charges, including wire fraud and taking bribes from Turkey. He allegedly tried to cover up free travel and used illegal campaign donations to get millions in public funds. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani’s been disbarred in D.C. for trying to help Trump overturn the 2020 election. In other updates, North Carolina has removed 747,000 voters from the rolls, and Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu says he won't stop strikes on Hezbollah anytime soon. The Secret Service is also looking into a misconduct claim involving someone on Kamala Harris' team. On a lighter note, the government has restarted its free COVID test program—you can order four kits starting next week Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: AP News: Live updates: NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted on charges of taking bribes and illegal campaign funds from foreign sources CNN: Rudy Giuliani disbarred in DC as part of 2020 election lies fallout The Hill: North Carolina removes 747,000 from voter rolls, citing ineligibility AP News: Netanyahu vows to use ‘full force’ against Hezbollah and dims hopes for a cease-fire Axios: Secret Service agent accused of sexual misconduct by Harris staffer AP News: The US is mailing Americans COVID tests again. Here's how to get them Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Bridget Schwartz and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Friday, September 27th and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by
0:06.6	Betches Media. I'm your host Sammy Sage and the morning announcements is your daily five minute
0:11.4	breakdown of the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices,
0:15.0	but a magnifying glass for the most important news,
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0:54.0	Shortly after I recorded yesterday's episode on Wednesday night,
1:01.0	news broke that New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on criminal charges.
1:05.0	The indictment was unsealed yesterday, revealing that Adams is charged with wire fraud, taking bribes, and taking the legal campaign funds from foreign sources, specifically Turkey.
1:15.4	Not only did Adams fail to disclose his free and discounted luxury travel, but he actually
1:20.0	created a false paper trail to indicate that he had paid for those things
1:23.8	himself even though he didn't and he specifically instructed a staffer to make sure
1:28.4	that the public did not find out about a trip he took to Turkey in 2021. The indictment also alleges that Adams
1:34.8	purposely courted foreign nationals as straw donors and was able to compound his
1:39.1	illegal foreign campaign donations by gaming the city's matching funds program, which matches small
1:44.6	dollar donations for campaigns. His campaign reportedly received millions of
1:48.8	dollars in public funds as a result of those illegal donations.
1:52.0	Prosecutors also noted in the indictment that as a result of those illegal donations.
1:52.8	Prosecutors also noted in the indictment that Adams had been exploiting his foreign
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