What Next - How Eric Adams Got His Charges Dropped
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🗓️ 18 February 2025
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Summary
The Justice Department ordered New York federal prosecutors to drop charges against Eric Adams, claiming his indictment was preventing him from aiding in Trump’s immigration crackdown. The move has prompted multiple high level Justice Department officials to resign, and raised concerns of a quid pro quo.
Guest: Jay Willis, Editor-in-Chief of Balls & Strikes.
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| 0:31.6 | Hey everyone, just a quick heads up that this is a fast-moving news story, |
| 0:36.1 | and some things might have changed by the time you |
| 0:38.0 | listen. Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:45.2 | When you take American history in high school and study Watergate, you learn about the |
| 0:50.1 | Saturday Night Massacre. Good evening. The country tonight is in the midst of what may be the most serious constitutional |
| 0:57.7 | crisis in its history. |
| 0:59.9 | The President has fired the special Watergate... |
| 1:02.7 | Department of Justice officials quitting under President Nixon because they refused to |
| 1:09.3 | fire a special counsel who was investigating Nixon. |
| 1:13.4 | That's Jay Willis, the editor-in-chief of the progressive legal website, Balls and Strikes. |
| 1:18.7 | The Saturday Night Massacre kicked off the constitutional crisis that ended in Nixon's resignation. |
| 1:24.8 | That was two people who quit. |
| 1:26.9 | Since Thursday, at least seven federal prosecutors in New York and Washington have resigned |
| 1:31.8 | in protest of the Trump administration's attempt to drop criminal charges against New York |
| 1:36.9 | Mayor Eric Adams. |
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| 1:43.6 | night massacres. |
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