New York City Mayor Eric Adams indicted on federal criminal charges
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🗓️ 26 September 2024
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New York City's mayor has been indicted on federal criminal charges. The indictment remained sealed Wednesday night.
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Thursday September 26th, 2024. This is the |
| 0:19.2 | exit. Today New York's mayor has been indicted on federal criminal charges. |
| 0:27.0 | Plus we have the latest on Hurricane Helene and we discuss what Selensky is pushing for when it comes to long-range missiles for Ukraine. |
| 0:36.7 | New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on federal criminal charges according to |
| 0:41.0 | multiple reports after authorities raided the homes of his top |
| 0:44.4 | aides and confidants earlier this month and what appeared to be part of a major corruption |
| 0:49.0 | investigation. The charges against Adams were unclear as the indictment remained sealed last night. |
| 0:54.6 | The New York Times and Fox News reported both citing sources with knowledge of the matter. |
| 0:59.8 | The indictment is likely to be unsealed today when Adams may appear in court according to the times. |
| 1:05.0 | Adams in a video statement released yesterday called the charges entirely false. |
| 1:10.0 | The Mayor's administration has been under federal scrutiny over the last year for a separate probe on possible illegal foreign donations from Turkish officials during Adams 2021 May oral campaign. |
| 1:21.3 | The Times previously reported on Monday that federal |
| 1:24.3 | prosecutors submitted grand jury subpoenas to City Hall Adams and his |
| 1:29.0 | campaign in July demanding information related to Israel, China, |
| 1:33.5 | Qatar, South Korea, and Uzbekistan. |
| 1:37.1 | In recent weeks, other top city officials have resigned |
| 1:39.6 | amid multiple federal corruption investigations. |
| 1:42.4 | Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned on September 12th, |
| 1:45.4 | a week after investigators from the US Attorney's Office in Manhattan seized his mobile phones. |
| 1:51.0 | Caban was among several of the mayor's aides and confidants who received |
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