Below is my column in the New York Post on the indictment of Mayor Eric Adams. The most serious charges may be the foreign campaign contributions and the use of straw man transactions to gain both unlawful contributions and increased matching funds. However, some of these charges are not nearly as overwhelming as suggested by the government. That may be why they are openly threatening Adams associates to cooperate or face ruin.
Here is the column:
The federal five-count indictment of New York Mayor Eric Adams is on its face a damning document of alleged public corruption. The government is alleging that Turkish officials saw Adams as a rising star in the Democratic Party and started to groom him for influence.
However, once beyond the details of the opulent rooms and flight upgrades, there may be less here than meets the eye in some of these charges.
The campaign-contribution violations raise serious problems for Adams in the alleged solicitation of unlawful foreign contributions. Yet the counts must be read with caution. We have not seen the specific defenses to the allegations of using “straw men” to funnel unlawful contributions and the alleged favors bestowed on contributors. Indictments are one-sided and highly slanted interpretations of the facts by prosecutors to secure a conviction.
For example, many of the gifts from Turkish sources were realized in the form of upgrades on flights to business class or expensive hotel suites. It is not clear what Adams knew of the logistics for such travel or their inclusion in annual reports. Despite their public personas, many populist politicians tend to be a pampered class who expect to be feted in the best quarters as they speak as the “voice of the people.”
That was captured most vividly by NYC Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sashaying at the Met Gala in a designer dress reading “tax the rich.” It was a scene with a crushing irony. The dress itself was worth more than some people make in a year and it was just “loaned” to AOC despite being made specifically for her. She also did not pay for her ticket, which would cost $35,000.
It triggered an ethics investigation and allegations of ethical violations.
In one night, Ocasio-Cortez flaunted roughly half of the value of the alleged Adams gifts as she paraded as a social warrior among the social elite. The truly hilarious aspect was that it was the elite who were thrilled by the demonstration and subsidized it.
The Adams allegations would constitute a fairly crude form of corruption by today’s standards. For the Biden family, it looks like small potatoes. Adams lacked a Hunter and the type of labyrinth of accounts maintained by the Bidens to funnel millions from foreign sources.
One of the most discussed allegations concerns a high-rise building built by Turkish friends in Manhattan to serve as their new consulate. The Turks wanted the building opened before the arrival of the Turkish president in 2021, strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The problem is that, according to prosecutors, New York Fire Department officials found an array of dangerous defects in the building and believed that it was a fire risk. They refused to allow the building to open until it met those standards.
The government alleges that Turkish officials immediately dialed up their well-groomed ally, Adams, and told him that it was “his turn” to support Turkey.
Adams intervened and prosecutors say that FDNY officials were afraid for their jobs.
Once again, however, Adams has defenses. He can argue that New York is the home of the United Nations and a large population of diplomats and international organizations. This was a foreign country seeking to open a consulate and he intervened to avoid an embarrassing diplomatic tiff.
Suggesting that a push to cut short fire inspections may be difficult to maintain under a bribery theory. That was the type of expansive case that government attorney Jack Smith used against former Virginia Republican Gov. Robert McDonnell and it failed spectacularly before the Supreme Court.
There are other reasons besides flight upgrades why Adams might have facilitated a speed up of building approvals.
In the end, this is a Bob Menendez-lite indictment. Failing to publicly list how you moved from economy to business class on flights is hardly the stuff of “All the King’s Men.” It is more like “All the King’s Upgrades.”
The biggest problem for Adams is that the US Attorney’s Office went public with a threat for all of those who do not cooperate and pledged that more will be “held accountable.”
In other words, the indictment amplified the tune in a game of musical chairs. Anyone close to Adams may want to sit down before the music stops. That means that Adams can expect close associates to be testifying against him with the enthusiasm of those threatened with ruin by federal prosecutors.
If Eric Adams is convicted, it will be at the hands of his associates. The jury will not be particularly sympathetic with a politician snaring the Bentley Suite at the St. Regis Istanbul. Prosecutors love to play on such opulence like their use of Paul Manafort’s $15,000 Ostrich coat.
Combined with former friends and associates, it may be enough for the ultimate upgrade for Adams from business class to a federal cellblock.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University and the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”
Jonathan, there is breaking news a few minutes ago that I will have to explain later after dealing with the REAL breaking news. Moments ago the ICE Director announced that this year they released rather than detained or returned 300,000 migrants seeking asylum status who were convicted criminals.
15,000 of those migrant criminals had murder convictions. Another 13,000 of those criminals were convicted rapists and pedophiles.
This is on Fox News, showing how fraudulent this is as a “news story” stripped of all nuance and context. Do not be distracted by this; I will explain this after I finish preparing and presenting the week’s breaking news before the coming weekend.
No, it’s not “Fox Fake News” about Harris ordering ICE to release convicted murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and other dangerous felons… claiming it is BS is fraudulent.
Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants with sexual assault, homicide convictions roaming US streets: ICE data finally provided to lawmakers
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tens-thousands-illegal-immigrants-sexual-assault-homicide-convictions-roaming-us-streets
I wonder if there’s a real journalist who will ask Border Czar Harris about this when she finally visits the border today? Or if any will be allowed to get close enough to ask?
Liberals can’t handle it that only 99% of the corporate media is shilling for the Left. They are triggered by the 1% that isn’t and thus they use ridiculous over-the-top adjectives that only make themselves seem absurd.
And it only took Obama-Soetoro, Willy’s-Girl-Puppet Harris, Buydumb, Gestapo Obergruppenführer Garland and the entire executive-branch clownshow FOUR YEARS to do it.
Actual news
Harris has botched another in a string of softball interviews from a reporter who admitted she would vote for ANYONE over Trump.
Her polls are slowly edging down.
Purportedly her campaign KNOWS they have lost PA and is now trying to flip NC and GA to replace PA.
They have purportedly also ceded NV and AZ.
Trump is not going to win NM, VA, NJ, MN, NJ, or NY – but it is likely he will be down under 5 in each of those which is nearly a10pt improvement from 2020 and 2016.
In Good news for Harris Rassmussen found that single cat ladies favor Harris nearly 3:1 over Trump.
But she loses Married cat ladies, Married dog ladies, and just married women – by 14pts.
Harris is so desparate she is headed for the Border, and still Begging Trump for another debate.
Personally I think Trump should give her another debate.
Another Debate win for Harris and Trump could get to 340 EC votes and +5 in the popular vote.
Regardless, Harris’s Obama imitation rhetoric is NOT winning her any voters.
“Personally I think Trump should give her another debate.”
Disagree. The Trump campaign seems to currently be on a track leading to a probable win, and there do not appear to be any “normal” (excluding WWIII) events on the horizon for the next month likely to change that. IMO that falls under the maxim “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”…
In other news – the Trump appeal to the NYS Supreme court (not the highest court in NY) went really really really badly for James.
Each of the 5 judges grilled the prosecutors mercillously, while responding favorably to Trump’s arguments.
A third lawyer – representing Trump’s attorney’s – because Enmoron has hit them with Sanctions. Told the court flat out the case should not have gotten past Summary Judgement – and the judges response was to ask if he thought the investigation itself was improper.
That is NOT the direction for Summary Judgement that James wants the court to be looking.
The highights:
The court was highly skeptical that the NY Law being used applied at all.
They grilled the prosecutor on why she thought the law was more than a consumer protection statute that would not apply here.
They were highly skeptical – in many different ways that there was any actual harm here.
The prosutor TRIED to claim the judgemrnt was clawing back illicit profits from Trump,
But the argument that he got an unusually low interest rate was not well received by anyone.
The Cases has several major problems because there is unrebutted exculpatory testimony
When a prosecutor does not rebut the exculpatory testimony of a witness that testimony MUST be taken as a FACT by the court.
DB testified – and evidence was introduced that had Trump’s assets been HALF of what he claimed they were – he still would have gotten the same loan at the same interest.
The absence of Harm is a really big deal – I have told you over and over that Fraud REQUIRES actual harm
That is true of the enmoron case, it is true of the Bragg case.
Further there is a credible allegation that James has double counted the damages.
Regardless it went badly for James.
John Say,
Thank you for your analysis and summary.
The prosecutor really fell on her face with claims of how the deal hurt the consumers.
..no doubt the tip of the Iceberg.. the ‘energy’ around Adams has always been one of BLING (and BLING translated simply means: Look at me.. I’m important.. I’m the Man….) BLING for himself and for his Posse (which from the Presser of Adams yesterday, was an all-Black Posse.. ) so much for being the mayor for all New Yorkers…
Like them earrings!
The allegations against Adams – if True, are really tiny.
That he accepted upgrades on travel – better seats on a plane, and better hotel rooms.
Without a clear quid pro quo – SDNY likely can not get past a McDonald based motion to dismiss.
The other allegation is that Adam’s received campaign contributions through straw men – sometimes Turks.
That is problematic – but again the allegation is TINY. No candidate plays fast and lose with the law in return for 20K in campaign contributions.
The NYC Mayrol campaign runs millions. If Adam’s engaged in campaign finance violations there should be ALOT more.
Even if all alegations are true – this is a really weak case.
Note to all Democrats.
Eric Adams forgot who he was, and thought he was actually the Mayor of New York City and wandered off the plantation.
IOW, he complained about open borders and thus created problems for the elites, hence this prosecution.
* That’s what they want you to think. Get your pocorn and petsi ready for his “associates”.
OT
John Winthrop and Ronald Reagan envisioned America as “The Shining City Upon A Hill.”
De facto president barack “barry soetoro” obama and his puppet, the ditzy word-salad kamala “willy brown” harris, are insinuating scores of millions of the parasitic squatters of a “third world s—hole mexi-hispani-haitian-etc., country down in a gutter” as the overriding thrust of their American “Population Replacement” plan.
“We gave you a republic, if you can keep it.”
– Ben Franklin
You couldn’t.
There seems to be way to many vague and broad laws, such as conspiracy, RICO, lying to federal officer, etc., that allow prosecutors to pick and choose whom they want to indict. Time for Federal and state legislatures to eliminate or narrow scope of these laws so prosecutors won’t continue to run amuck.
There seem – too many – a federal officer – time for federal – narrow the scope
You’re welcome.
It is difficult to overlook the appearance of lese-majeste. All that Adams did was to ask the White House for some relief from the invasion of Biden-migrants. All that Menendez did was to question Democrat foreign policy. What does Hillary have to do to attract attention from the DOJ? Bill, watch your back!
To say that politicians trade on their position, often making decisions that favor a constituent in return for that constituent’s support, including financial support, is to state the obvious. Virtually the whole of our campaign finance system is predicated on favors dispensed for contributions received. It’s what politics is. What is actually scandalous is the way in which such supposed transgressions are treated. Some pols are excused for egregious behavior; others are prosecuted for light and transient reasons. It is the uneven and often hypocritical actions of the prosecutorial state that is the real scandal. Geese; ganders; etc.
“Virtually the whole of our campaign finance system is predicated on favors dispensed for contributions received. It’s what politics is.”
The phenomenon is based on the pervasive presence of government regulation in every nook and cranny of our lives. Fix that, and the issue will greatly diminish. A very good start would be to relentlessly dismantle the Federal government until it embodies only the limited powers clearly granted to it by the Constitution. That, in itself, would not prevent States and municipalities from employing a blinding blizzard of rules and regulations to obscure rampant political profiteering, but it would at least deprive them of a clear blueprint to follow. Finally, with Federal over-regulation removed from the picture, a citizen who wishes to leave corruption (or merely specific types of regulation) behind by migrating elsewhere would almost certainly have a great many more destination options.
The case against Adams is weak? Really. Is this the similar line of legal reasoning you borrowed from your defense of Article III US District Court Judge Thomas Proteus? Yeah, you told our House Judiciary Committee he was not guilty of financial fraud and not guilty of lying to the FBI. We and our first cousin, the US Senate, voted 416-0 and 90-6, respectively to impeach, convict and disbar him forever. Additionally, you’re not even actively practicing law anymore. You’re simply subjectively commenting.
Why would Democrats eat dogs and cats when they can eat their own ?
Aisle 9 for soothing relief!
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From The Bee
https://babylonbee.com/news/black-man-faces-punishment-for-disobeying-his-democrat-masters
Exactly.
An act of total intimidation by lawfare.
* Icarus
* maybe et tu Brutus. The associates of Adams are identified.
There is the pesky minotaur running around the labyrinth. Sacrifices are necessary. Why the Turks? Adams will make proper libations to the gods and scurry off among the legions.
The media is just good cop bad cop. They’re all losers.
It’s fearmongering. Adams needs a comeuppance for wasting money on hotels and food while leaving citizens eating rats and maybe cats and dogs.
Stick to the law when analyzing bunk.
Adieu
Jonathan, when your dear and closest friend, Dennis McIntyre, shows up for work today to post his inevitable “Never mind that, Jonathan – Breaking News!” screed, can you get him to cover the breaking news that the New York State Appeals court is questioning practically everything about New York AG’s lawfare against Trump?
After all your Besty, Dennis, is enamoured with every move that New York prosecutors, judges, and Attorney Generals are making in attempts to take out Trump. So he’s aware of this Breaking News!
Trump’s Huge Civil Fraud Penalty Draws Frosty Reception And Skepticism From Appeals Court
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/nyregion/trump-civil-fraud-penalty-appeals-court.html
It is hard to tell for certain from oral arguments.
But if you can draw conclusions from the tone of the supreme court judges in NYS – This case is DOA for Multiple reasons.
The judges started at the prosecutor instantly. They spent more time with her – extending her time, and questioned her endlessly,
One several different major points. Each Judge expressed skepticism of this case – often each one for different reasons, and in many cases multiple reasons.
At the start they close to point blank stated that the precidents she cited were NOT precidents of merit for THIS case.
They appear to have accepted the defense argument that this law has NEVER been used in this way.
A big multifaceted issue was the debate between the prosecutor and the judges as to whether the statute being used was a “consumer protection law” One of the justices pointing out to the prosecutor that the law literally says it is abut consumer protection.
That is a major issue – because consumer protection laws do NOT apply to contracts between sophisticated buyers and sellors.
That two was a major issue – Was anyone defrauded, how were they defrauded and was there any actual harm.
That related to both the legitimacy of the prosecution and the calculation of damages.
The justices questioned the defense lawyer too – but their tone was different and he appeared to be making points that were accepted while the prosecutor was clearly having problems that the judges were skeptical of her arguments.
A major point of the defense was that the judges decisions were unsupportable by the facts brought out at the trial.
In several instances the defense lawyer pointed out that there was testimony favorable to Trump at the trial that was unrebutted.
That is legally nearly the same as THIS IS A FACT. One of the major elements – which the prosecutor argued against – but did not provide evidence was addressed in Trial, is that Trump qualified for the interest rate that he received from FB even if the value of the assets in question was as low as the prosecutor claims. This is doubly relevant as it means there are no damages.
For a very short oral arguments pretty much everything went Trump’s way.
There was a 3rd lawyer for argued – not for Trump but for Trump’s lawyers – though he was equally damaging.
Enmoron sanctioned the lawyers in this case for repeatedly making frivolous arguments.
The lawyer for the lawyers pointed out that the arguments were NOT frivolous and required that the case be dismissed at the start via summary judgement. Enmoron’s hostility to Trump’s lawyers is NOT going to be good for him.
I would note – this was the NYS Supreme court – which is NOT the highest court in NYS.
It is also a different NYS Supreme court than Trump has been before in the Bragg case.
This is a civil case not a criminal one.
While not raised at this hearing, I strongly suspect that this case will be dismissed entirely and likely quickly,
Because as a precident it will drive business out of NYS.
I would note – this was the NYS Supreme court – which is NOT the highest court in NYS.
What court are you talking about??
The Court that is now hearing the appeal is a NY Apellate Division Court. It was originally tried in the NY Supreme Court.
The highest court in NY is the New York Court of Appeals.
John Say,
I would agree with you on oral arguments.
But it does not look good for the prosecutor.
As more than a few have noted, the appeal could go Trump’s way.
Selected Bee headlines:
Eric Adams Declares New York A Sanctuary City For Mayors Facing Federal Criminal Charges
Ocasio-Cortez Appears On ‘The Price Is Right,’ Guesses Everything Is Free
After Being Asked Where His Brother Is, Cain Explains To God That He Grew Up In A Middle Class Family
Acting U.S. President [Zelensky] Stops By White House To Pick Up Paycheck
Jill Biden Becomes First Female President
Justice Department Assures Americans Diddy Is Securely Locked Away In Epstein’s Old Cell
Media Warn Florida Hurricane May Hamper Ongoing Trump Assassination Attempts
New Poll Shows Kamala With Huge Lead Among Deranged Assassin Demographic
Genius: Trump Responds To $150,000 Bounty On His Head By Offering Would-Be Assassins $150,001 To Not Kill Him
Trump Adds Kennedy in Hopes he Will Draw all the Sniper Fire
RFK Jr. Tells Story About Time He Hijacked Airplane, Parachuted Out With Bags Of Money, And Got Away Scot-Free
Democrats Invite Foreign Leader To Meddle In U.S. Elections
Experts Warn Hurricane In Hurricane Alley During Hurricane Season Clear Sign Of Climate Change
Shocking: Woman Who Wants Your Money [Kamala] Endorsed By People Who Take Your Money [IRS agents]
‘Trump Will Start World War III,’ Says Party Autographing Bombs To Be Launched At Russia
‘共产主义是最好的! 好好好!’ Says Tim Walz In Eloquent Rebuttal Of Alleged Ties To China
Church To Cease All References To God In Effort To Boost Attendance
New Version Of ‘Operation’ Just Has Players Use Essential Oils Instead Of Performing A Medical Procedure
‘Maybe This Will Change Your Mind,’ Says Atheist Slipping St Peter A Crisp $20 Bill At The Gate
Dang It! Wife Cleans Out Junk Drawer And Now Husband Can’t Find Any Dried-Out Markers Or Broken Rubber Bands
‘I Guess I’d Better Get This Over With,’ Sighs Millennial Before Googling ‘What Is Brat’
After Being Asked Where His Brother Is, Cain Explains To God That He Grew Up In A Middle Class Family
This is my favorite
Cain was unburdened by what has been.
Nice, Chief!
Dang It! Wife Cleans Out Junk Drawer And Now Husband Can’t Find Any Dried-Out Markers Or Broken Rubber Bands.
My wife found this funny for some reason.
Why is there a picture of two Borg drones shaking hands…. ?
* It’s a good photo choice showing 3 officials muzzled by black masks .
Spitzer, Cuomo, Adams, Menendez, Norcross, etc in the NY area….seem to be a pattern of Democrat…crime…failure!
Can we go through Eric Adams expenses and where the money comes from?
Aren’t we still looking for all the lost funds from the DiBlasio administration?
Democrats are fascists who eat their own when they step out of line!
We need to take away the centralized power of government…it is destroy in the country!
I’ve been reading Arthur Herman’s “1917” which is a comparison bio of sorts of both woodrow wilson and lenin and it was definitely wilson who gladly began the expansion of executive power with the creation of so many useless government agencies – including the Federal Reserve. So if you are looking for the granddaddy of progressives – let’s start with woodrow and his wife jill (I mean edith).
” it was definitely wilson who gladly began the expansion of executive power with the creation of so many useless government agencies ”
WIlson is doubtless guilty of egregious Federal expansion, but claiming his to be the first to do so is subject to debate. The regime of Teddy Roosevelt began a dozen years before Wilson was inaugurated, and Teddy seemed to do a pretty good job of paving the way for Wilson.
Federal Power: Theodore Roosevelt
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/e-lessons/federal-power-theodore-roosevelt
“Roosevelt asserted that powers not forbidden were granted. He was aware that he was shaping the presidency in a way his detractors would criticize. In his autobiography, Roosevelt wrote that he did not “usurp” power, but that he did “greatly broaden” executive authority…His use of the bully pulpit contributed to the greatest expansion of federal power in the country’s history to that time… Critics objected to Roosevelt’s energetic approach to the presidency. They believed his approach was in direct opposition to the Founders’ belief, expressed in the Tenth Amendment, that powers not granted to the federal government were reserved to the states and the people. Roosevelt did not accept this criticism. He later said, “While president … I have not cared a rap for the criticisms of those who spoke of my ‘usurpation of power’… I have felt not merely that my action was right in itself, but that in showing the strength of, or in giving strength to, the executive, I was establishing a precedent of value.””
Among other unconstitutional expansions of Federal power by Roosevelt was the unilateral government appropriation of vast expanses of land to establish national parks and monuments.
True, but it was the progressive nature of Wilson that foreshadowed such an intrusive role of the government that really enabled the efforts of socialist/communist of that element intruding into our culture with the opening arms of Wilson and his acolytes
Where was the Supreme Court enforcing Article 1, Section 8?
The Supreme Court must have started enforcing the Constitution regarding Lincoln on not-prohibited and fully constitutional secession, habeas corpus being suspended only by Congress and not during secession but invasion and rebellion, existing immigration law as the Naturalization Act of 1802 in full force and effect on Jan. 1, 1863, etc.
Professor Turley, having just finished reading your column concerning Mayor Adams, suggesting that we should wonder about this being more about political warfare and double standards than justice, I was suddenly struck with amusement and disbelief.
Among the “overreach” cases you mention (while carefully avoiding the blatant political basis of it) is the Obama administration’s Jack Smith 2012 election campaign prosecution of the Republican potential nominee that Obama and Biden feared most: Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell. You casually wrote that Jack Smith’s indictment and conviction of McDonnell failed spectacularly before SCOTUS.
You avoided pointing out that SCOTUS went further than that: they specifically called Jack Smith and his completely lawless prosecution of McDonnell “a threat to our separation of powers”. They wrote that to indict and prosecute, Jack Smith both reinterpreted settled law and invented new law. You didn’t mention that after Jack Smith at the same time advised the IRS that they could shut down GOP get-out-the-vote groups for “investigation” during the election campaign, after being reelected Obama’s DoJ then paid them tens of millions of dollars in punitive damages for depriving them of their constitutional rights.
The amusing part is you wrote this column about political warfare and double standards of justice never mentioned Donald Trump while mentioning Jack Smith. Carefully avoiding any mention that Jack Smith has been resurrected by Biden and Merrick Garland (now prosecuting Mayor Adams as you mention) to take out Donald Trump in a carbon copy of his 2012 election campaign prosecution and conviction of McDonnell.
I have always been somewhat bemused that you have never felt moved to write a column on your views of whether Jack Smith, with his record of Obama/Biden lawfare in the 2012 election, the SCOTUS decision, the DoJ paying punitive damages to GOP campaign groups, met either the legal standards or the ethical standards of being appointed by Biden to be the Special Counsel sent to take out Trump in 2024 as he took out McDonnell in 2012.
Did you hope that if you didn’t mention the most obvious target of political lawfare in American history, Donald Trump, your dear personal friend Dennis McIntyre wouldn’t show up today to post his prepared party screed about Trump?
Good luck with that!
didn’t read but notice you post….alot….constantly….under several different names.
Tell us why your wife / husband / children / slave traffic hostages / pets / pet rock….. left you, and what prevents you from apologizing to them so that we can be rid of Dennis McIntyre’s evil twin windbag?
make new friends – LOL – if you have that skill set. Try porn even if you have nothing to whack. Just stop spreading your diarrhea on here because no GAF about your opinion
You’re welcome
Why would you think about porn and yet not notice and complain about lengthy posts from Gigi, pbinca, Dennis McIntyre, etc?
Limited skill set and tunnel vision beyond attention to porn?
“Just stop spreading your diarrhea on here because no GAF about your opinion”
Is English your second language?
When did you stop cornholing your nephew?
Adams must pay a price. What was his real crime? His crime was bringing to attention the economic devastation to New York due to illegal immigration. The Democratic mob bosses have a long memory when it comes to family members who turn against “The Big Guy” Joe Biden. A message had to be sent to other mayors of sanctuary cities to keep their mouths shut. Just like Joe and Kamala want they’re taking Adams out behind the gym and beatin the hell out of him. Step out of line they’ll take you away. If they’ll do it to a big shot like Adams what makes you think they won’t do it to a peon like you.
Dear Mr. Turley, I am sorry for the mayor. The job of being the mayor of such a huge city is too much for one person. New York should break down into its 5 boroughs and each become their own city government. In this, Manhattan would not have all of the attention and Statin Island would no longer be the forgotten one.
Well known that it was in NY in the 80’s & 90’s that adhering to proper fire code was a joke, that in fact sizable renovations just had part of the budget dedicated to bribing inspectors…, well, it looks like the Turks adopted that practice and took it to the top of the chain.
Thing is, NYC is a country unto itself. Police intelligence units rival many foreign countries and such…, so Adams was clearly holding himself as ready to be bribed. He treated his city like Trump treated the country. Both were totally open to being bought off by foreign countries.
Just like fox owns you, Jon.
I’ve always wonder what made you sell out to shill for trump, Turls. And here we see you defending…, foreign interference in American politics. Going forward we can see this is what drives you. Informative op ed!!
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Coherence is a helpful trait. It’s there for you — somewhere — if you want it.
“Turls”… the identifying mark of a particularly malignant neo-communist Democrat Useful Idiot who doesn’t see the slightest problem with DoJ homeland interference in in American politics.
Whether the DOJ in 2012 long before Trump, when Harry Reid invented the “Buuttt… muh Fox!”. Or in 2016, 2020, and now 2024 involving Trump.
And it’s Trump that was totally open to being bought off by foreign countries – not the Biden White House Crime Cartel who sold the country from the VP’s office, generating over 150 Suspicious Activity Reports from banks reporting money laundering and bribes totaling well over $30 million dollars.
If they did it it – it must be Trump that’s the one actually doing it. Just don’t believe your lying eyes that they’re the guilty ones…
* “guilty ONES” ? WTH are ONES? not twos or threes?
Democrats purging Democrats for questioning immigration? I’m shocked!!
Once again, the Revolution eats its own children. You better get used to this, buddy. You never know when you might wind up on the short list. I’ve got an attic you can hide in, but it will be crowded. Bring money.
Compare that to the drug addict son and college dropout brother of POTUS getting tens of millions from China for no work product jobs neither had expertise in and we now are pursuing an energy policy that the CCP controls the raw materials and manufacturing for.
We keep hearing about Trump being bought off – By Who ?
Did someone upgrade him to Business class that we have not heard about ?
Egypt. Russia. Saudi Arabia.
Can you just please be better with your posts?