Eric Adams what's up with you?

[John_8581]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams indicted on Federal charges. He is the first sitting NYC mayor ever to be indicted.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/26/adams-indictment-focuses-on-connections-to-turkey-00181186
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4900192-nyc-mayor-adams-indicted/
https://nypost.com/2024/09/25/us-news/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-live-updates/
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/26/us/whats-in-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indictment/index.html
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/p...charged-bribery-and-campaign-finance-offenses

 

[gmase]

When does he resign or step away for a bit? My over/under is 2 weeks - and I'm taking under.

I was surprised to see he was the first NYC mayor to be indicted. NYC is no Chicago!

 

[John_8581]

His appointees have left too. His police commissioner Edward Caban and his general counsel Lisa Zornberg have both resigned. His appointee as schools chancellor David Banks will be retiring at the end of 2024.

I was reading parts of the indictment. Campaign violations of not reporting travel in which he requested upgrades from coach to business class and staying in lavish accommodations related to expensive hotel suites. Almost all of them are with the Turkish government and/or with Turkish businessmen and women. One trip alone came at cost of around $41,000. Overall seven trips, the sum that prosecutors charge are valued at over $120,000. It goes back to the time when he was Brooklyn Borough President. They discussed bribery of foreign officials as well. Very similar to U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas' situation with lavish trips, gifts and accommodations. However, Thomas hasn't been charged while Adams has. Another similarity, he knowingly was falsifying campaign reports and re-categorizing them. Similar to what Former NY Third District Congressman George Santos was doing. Though Santos was in deep because he commingled activities. With Adams, for the most part, he did not disclose them and when he did decide to disclose them he lowered their value considerably.

The most serious charge is wire fraud because it deals with his conversations: text and emails with those government officials, the business people and their fixers. Remember how the FBI confiscated all of his electronic devices. That's a big sticking point and very hard to defend. His lawyers have their work cut out for them in getting these wire fraud charges dropped or reduced.