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   From: robberbaron@invalid.ut   
      
   Comerciante_Cuatro wrote:   
   > Historic federal indictment against Adams claims he fraudulently got   
   > $10M in public funds, $123K in free luxury travel, ritzy perks   
   >   
   > Mayor Eric Adams took bribes — including $123,000 in free flights and   
   > other ritzy perks — from foreign nationals in exchange for favors,   
   > according to a bombshell federal indictment unsealed by Manhattan   
   > prosecutors Thursday.   
   >   
   > The historic five-count indictment — the first against a sitting New   
   > York City mayor — details an alleged decade-long pattern of corruption   
   > by Adams that includes fraudulently obtaining $10 million in public   
   > campaign funds.   
   >   
   > The revelations came after the mayor was indicted by a grand jury on   
   > conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery charges amid the long-running federal   
   > probe.   
   >   
   > “In 2014, Eric Adams, the defendant, became Brooklyn Borough President.   
   > Thereafter, for nearly a decade, Adams sought and accepted improper   
   > valuable benefits, such as luxury international travel, including from   
   > wealthy foreign businesspeople and at least one Turkish government   
   > official seeking to gain influence over him,” the 57-page indictment   
   > charges.   
   >   
   > "https://nypost.com/2024/09/26/us-news/mayor-eric-adams-federa   
   -indictment-is-unsealed/"   
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   >   
   > Is Mayor Adams another Democrat crook or is he another deep-state   
   > lawfare victim?   
   >   
      
   Or both?   
      
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