Eric Adams indicted
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It's alleged that he paid $50 for overseas business-class travel to a Turkish airline which is owned by...the Turkish government.
He "intervened" in getting a fire department inspector to ignore code violations in a skyscraper. He told said inspector that he would lose his job. The inspector ignored the violations in the building which was owned by...a Turkish business.
Then, there's straw donors...
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in Eric Adams indicted:
..the Turkish government.
@George-K said in Eric Adams indicted:
...a Turkish business.
I wonder what the "long game" is for Turkey?
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@bachophile said in Eric Adams indicted:
but interesting that the only one who gets a positive plug is Fiorello La Guardia..who not only has a NY airport named after him but also a main road in Tel Aviv!
I remember back to Beame, he was pretty nondiscript, but then again I probaby wasn't paying much attention. Koch was really good--he personified NYC way more than anyone before or after. Dinkins was a DISASTER. At every stoplight hordes of grifters would decend on your car and wash your windshield with stale urine (as opposted to fresh urine, I suppose) for a dollar. That all stopped like magic the day Giuliani was elected. He kept the City "law and order" which was fine with me. Bloomburg was ok but if anybody had a bigger ego than Ed Koch, it was Bloomburg. With de Blasio things started to go down hill and Adams was as bad as Dinkins. You can't walk down Columbus Ave. past 72nd St. without fearing for your life. NYC is pretty much a sewer these days.
Sigh. FYI, I unlike Bach was NEVER invited to Gracie Mansion.
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https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/2/24260626/fbi-eric-adams-locked-phone-forgotten-changed-password
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was indicted last week on charges including fraud, bribery, and soliciting donations from foreign nationals, told federal investigators he forgot his phone password before handing it over, according to charging documents. That was almost a year ago, and investigators still can’t get into the phone, prosecutors said Wednesday.
When Adams turned in his personal cellphone the following day, charging documents say, he said he had changed the password a day prior — after learning about the investigation — and couldn’t remember it. Adams told investigators he changed the password “to prevent members of his staff from inadvertently or intentionally deleting the contents of his phone,” the indictment alleges.
Even if Adams’ excuse isn’t true (or if he happens to remember his password later on), he may not have to give that information to the police. Several courts have ruled that, even in instances where police have a warrant to search someone’s phone, the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination means investigators can’t compel a suspect to tell them their phone password. Phone passcodes are often considered a form of “testimonial” evidence because they require a person to reveal their thoughts. But if Face or Touch ID had been enabled on Adams’ device, the FBI potentially could have unlocked his phone with biometrics — which aren’t typically considered a form of testimonial evidence.
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A reputed CIA asset, Turkish billionaire Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, is allegedly cooperating with federal officials in the sweeping investigation into New York City Mayor Eric Adams and is expected to take the stand in the former NYPD captain and Brooklyn Borough President's 2025 trial, Los Angeles has learned.
