News Indictments coming for NYC Mayor Eric Adams

[K1052]

The NY city council should pass a resolution calling for his removal. That would give the weak kneed governor enough cover to do the deed. You cannot have a mayor in hock to Trump who is promising to break city and state laws for him.

 

[fskimospy]

The NY city council should pass a resolution calling for his removal. That would give the weak kneed governor enough cover to do the deed. You cannot have a mayor in hock to Trump who is promising to break city and state laws for him.

Small consolation is she recently moved from ‘no’ to ‘I’ll think about it’.

It’s sad to be happy about such a tiny move but I guess I’ll take what I can get. This is such an incredible no-brainer. You have Trump federal prosecutors resigning en masse, describing a situation where the president is very clearly bribing the mayor of New York in order to defer his prosecution for being bribed by someone else!

 

[K1052]

Small consolation is she recently moved from ‘no’ to ‘I’ll think about it’.

It’s sad to be happy about such a tiny move but I guess I’ll take what I can get. This is such an incredible no-brainer. You have Trump federal prosecutors resigning en masse, describing a situation where the president is very clearly bribing the mayor of New York in order to defer his prosecution for being bribed by someone else!

His approval was already in the toilet and he's openly flirting with a party switch.

There will be no political penalty for dumping him.

 

[Brainonska511]

His approval was already in the toilet and he's openly flirting with a party switch.

There will be no political penalty for dumping him.

Hochul does not have good political instincts. Just look at the bs with delaying congestion pricing.

 

[Brainonska511]

Rumor has it that all the public interest section lawyers have been put into a room and have 1 hour to decide who will file the dismissal or they'll all be fired. (Also, completely failing the prisoners dilemma - you're not supposed to put them in the same room)

This is after another attorney in SDNY resigned this morning and called anyone who would file the dismissal a fool in the letter (and he was a Roberts clerk to boot).

 

[Brainonska511]

His approval was already in the toilet and he's openly flirting with a party switch.

There will be no political penalty for dumping him.

I guess the question is, if you should wait for resignations at the DOJ to stop before you put the Democratic stink on the situation or it becomes easier to drop the story because he is now the ex-mayor.

In a way, the current story is the Republican controlled DOJ is imploding over its own scandal as Republican appointees and attorneys who worked for Republican justices are resigning.

 

[K1052]

I guess the question is, if you should wait for resignations at the DOJ to stop before you put the Democratic stink on the situation or it becomes easier to drop the story because he is now the ex-mayor.

In a way, the current story is the Republican controlled DOJ is imploding over its own scandal as Republican appointees and attorneys who worked for Republican justices are resigning.

I assume that if he's removed from office they will reinstate the charges lol.

Which would have made this whole thing at SDNY pointless.

 

[Brainonska511]

I assume that if he's removed from office they will reinstate the charges lol.

Which would have made this whole thing at SDNY pointless.

Potentially. Why interrupt the Trump administration when they are doing something publicly stupid and giving another wedge to fracture their caucus?

If they do eventually find a lawyer dumb enough to file the dismissal (and also not have the judge laugh you out of the room), then you can have Hochul fire the mayor.

Scandals don't always move at the speed of social media.

 

[fskimospy]

Rumor has it that all the public interest section lawyers have been put into a room and have 1 hour to decide who will file the dismissal or they'll all be fired. (Also, completely failing the prisoners dilemma - you're not supposed to put them in the same room)

This is after another attorney in SDNY resigned this morning and called anyone who would file the dismissal a fool in the letter (and he was a Roberts clerk to boot).

And to be clear Bondi could dismiss the charges herself right now if she wanted to. It looks like she doesn’t want the legal exposure or stink of corruption so directly on her though.

 

[K1052]

And to be clear Bondi could dismiss the charges herself right now if she wanted to. It looks like she doesn’t want the legal exposure or stink of corruption so directly on her though.

Yea, Bove could also do it himself but hasn't (yet). It might come to that.

 

[Indus]

Hochul does not have good political instincts. Just look at the bs with delaying congestion pricing.

She could just replace the mayor and then who gives a shit.

I think she's waiting till everyone turns against Adams and he's politically dead though but it may be too late by then.

 

[Brainonska511]

She could just replace the mayor and then who gives a shit.

I think she's waiting till everyone turns against Adams and he's politically dead though but it may be too late by then.

Maybe. I don't think very highly of Hochul though. She should have removed him months ago. Right now, the play seems to be to wait while the Trump DOJ sets itself on fire very publicly over something very corrupt and stupid, then fire Adams if the DOJ finds some putz to submit the dismissal paperwork.

 

[hal2kilo]

Please tell me how somebody's going to force Eric Adams to run as a Democrat. I'm all ears.

Because he's obviously for sale just like all of MAGA politicians. Jeez, you New Yorkers are dumb. He's just a DINO anyway.

 

[fskimospy]

Because he's obviously for sale just like all of MAGA politicians. Jeez, you New Yorkers are dumb. He's just a DINO anyway.

He’s not really a DINO so much as he’s the Democratic Trump. He doesn’t have much of any ideology over his own self interest. He is also an unrepentant criminal.

 

[Pens1566]

It's spiraling now:

7th prosecutor resigns

Got the heads up on this one from a family member that may or may not be Article 3 ... huge waves.

 

[Pens1566]

Concerning if true:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1890478506754158893

 

[Indus]

Concerning if true:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1890478506754158893

This is exactly the distraction Trump wants.. no DOJ investigating his buddies.

4 years of do anything!

 

[Brainonska511]

Concerning if true:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1890478506754158893

I was seeing that an unnamed person in the room eventually capitulated to avoid having them all fired. Really just Borking it up.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Concerning if true:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1890478506754158893

Awesome, that's 7 more slots for trump supporters. The swamp is draining itself, so to speak.

 

[Brainonska511]

Awesome, that's 7 more slots for trump supporters. The swamp is draining itself, so to speak.

Trump and his DOJ are going to be in real hot water with judges. Usually, there is a presumption that the government is making arguments on good faith and has evidence and whatnot. Toss that out the window as they're doing now and watch judges be far less lenient in federal cases.

"We're going to destroy state capacity and simultaneously alienate all who could help enforce our new and destructive ideas."

 

[MrSquished]

Because he's obviously for sale just like all of MAGA politicians. Jeez, you New Yorkers are dumb. He's just a DINO anyway.

I'm not sure what you are talking about - I was responding to a guy that said the Dems should just run Eric Adams and someone else and I was pointing out you can't make Eric Adams run as a dem. Nobody can make Eric Adams run as a Democrat. He will 100% run as a Republican this year.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Trump and his DOJ are going to be in real hot water with judges. Usually, there is a presumption that the government is making arguments on good faith and has evidence and whatnot. Toss that out the window as they're doing now and watch judges be far less lenient in federal cases.

"We're going to destroy state capacity and simultaneously alienate all who could help enforce our new and destructive ideas."

I mean, what's the real consequences of that, exactly? They're just judges, are they going to send someone to arrest Trump?

 

[K1052]

I mean, what's the real consequences of that, exactly? They're just judges, are they going to send someone to arrest Trump?

IIRC they are asking for a dismissal without prejudice so that they can hang refiling charges over him. The judge could, after torturing whatever lawyers DOJ sends to talk to him, decide to dismiss with prejudice instead.

 

[Brainonska511]

I mean, what's the real consequences of that, exactly? They're just judges, are they going to send someone to arrest Trump?

Besides what K1052 wrote, it means that future cases might also mean not accepting the government's position as some de facto truth. Could mean issues filing warrants and any number of other things.

 

[Brainonska511]

Lol, allegedly still nothing filed on the Adams case. If someone agreed to sign their name and file the dismissal, they're certainly dragging their feet.