Summary

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for NYC Mayor Eric Adams to resign or be removed after revelations that his legal team allegedly sought a deal to dismiss his corruption charges in exchange for aiding federal immigration enforcement.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon described this as a “quid pro quo” in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi.

The controversy has led to multiple Justice Department resignations.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has not decided whether to take action, while Adams praised the case’s dismissal.

  • FuglyDuck
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    796 days ago

    I’ve a better idea.

    arrested, charged and convicted for fraud. wanna bet NY state has laws he violated, too?

    • @MothmanDelorian
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      406 days ago

      The hiring of family members to jobs that pay 100k+ that they are unqualified for is a great place to start.

  • @[email protected]
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    586 days ago

    Everyone should be saying this, you can’t have a mayor that has this shit hanging over their head. In decades prior he would’ve been forced to resign as soon as those allegations surfaced.

    • @WhatAmLemmy
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      6 days ago

      Why are they “forced to resign” and not “immediately arrested, charged, and under investigation”?

      Like, retaining their job should not even be an option…

      I’ll tell you why. Because you live in a corporate dictatorship masquerading as “democracy”.

    • @[email protected]
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      15 days ago

      you can’t have a mayor that has this shit hanging over their head

      Marion Barry was convicted of felony crack possession, did 6 months in prison and then got reelected. That ship sailed long ago.

  • @[email protected]
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    316 days ago

    You could tell the moment the “mysterious” charges came in he was waiting for Daddy trump to take the throne so he could kiss the ring and make it all go away.

    I feel like Adams is so stupid and overly confident about himself that he thinks this could parlay great into a presidential run in 4/8 years.

    Adams is a textbook definition crooked politician. He’s a thin skinned whiney bitch who thinks he knows best and can’t lose. I fear he’s going to somehow rig the mayoral election.

  • @[email protected]
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    246 days ago

    The Adams election was like a preview of the Trump election for me. Many of us saw this man was a corrupt, lying egomaniac well before the election, because so much of the reporting made it crystal clear. And we did our part by spreading the word and voting against him, and in the end none of it mattered one iota because voters disliked de Blasio (Biden) and wanted a major change and were too dumb to see Adams (Trump) for what he actually was.

  • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed
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    75 days ago

    I heard somebody did an “awkward gesture” to a CEO in NYC some time ago…

    It would be a shame if, someone did another “awkward gesture” 😏