Attorney David Schwartz Talks About NYC Mayor Adams Pushing Forward With NYC Business @CBSNewYork

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good evening I'm Maurice tuac Christine
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is off the mayor is trying to push
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forward with City business despite the
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historic nature of his criminal
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indictment in a lower Manhattan
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courtroom today the mayor pleaded not
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guilty to Federal bribery conspiracy and
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campaign finance charges and now new
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information after his chief advisor
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ingred Lewis Martin had her home
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searched and her phone seized by federal
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agents we have Team coverage of today's
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big developments let's start with Lori
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bordonaro at Gracie Mansion tonight
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Maurice ingred Lewis Martin says she's
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done nothing wrong and plans to stick by
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mayor Adams who went back to work after
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court mayor Eric Adams backed to
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business attending a birthday party at a
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harlem Senior Center just hours after
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pleading not guilty to Federal
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corruption charges the mayor gave a
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thumbs up outside the courthouse while
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his attorney condemned the charges this
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case isn't even a real case this is the
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airline upgrade corruption case
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according to the indictment mayor Adam
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sought and accepted improper gifts like
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more than $100,000 in luxury travel and
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illegal campaign contributions from
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wealthy foreign business people and at
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least one Turkish government official in
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exchange for his political influence
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there are no emails text messages or any
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coroporation whatsoever that the mayor
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knew about anything having to do with
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these campaign donations the next week
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we'll be filing a motion to dismiss we
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expect these charges to be dismissed the
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investigation into the alleged
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corruption plaguing the Adams
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Administration is widening on Friday
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investigators searched the Brooklyn home
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of ingred Lewis Martin the mayor's
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longtime friend and chief adviser police
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they were watching the house they were
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taking out files and stuff leis Martin
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spoke on her attorney's radio show later
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in the day she says her phone was seized
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at the airport Friday morning as she
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returned home from Japan Federal
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authorities also served her with a
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subpoena I don't know anything I've done
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nothing and I don't think that there's
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anything to know none of a perfect we
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are far from perfect because we're human
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beings we are imperfect but we're not
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thieves Lewis Martin's attorney says she
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is not the target of the investigation
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as for mayor Adams he is scheduled to be
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back in court on Wednesday on the Upper
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East Side Lori bordo CBS News New York
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tonight many people are wondering
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whether the mayor can hang on to the job
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and for how long Adams faced even more
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calls today to resign but he insists
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he's not going anywhere dick Brennan
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here now with more on how Adams is
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trying to push through all this dick
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well Maurice we can tell you that
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innocent until proven guilty the most
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important words in our justice system
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but what about running the city of New
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York can Eric Adams pull off the
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juggling act depends on who you ask
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facing a Federal indictment and
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investigation still swirling around his
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administration the pressure is building
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on mayor Adams despite a court
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appearance today he's determined to go
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about the business of the city a kind of
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what me worry POS but the demands for
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his resignation will only get louder can
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the May survive this the mayor can
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survive this the problem is what happens
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when the other investigations are
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concluded when the arrests are made
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which is likely with the four other
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investigations involving City officials
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in his administration Governor hok
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theoretically has the power to remove
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Adams from office but has not indicated
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she would take that major step and the
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man next in line to take over if
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necessary says Adams needs to do some
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soul searching can you do the job of
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making government continue to run uh and
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can you continue to
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uh exude trust for the people of the
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city of New York those are questions
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that I'm hoping the mayor's really
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grapping with it in Earnest some legal
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experts say while the case made in the
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indictment appears strong it's not a
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slam dunk an indictment is evidence of
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nothing so the mayor should not be
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forced to leave his job he should be
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able to fight these charges as long as
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he's able to also represent the interest
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of the people of the city of New York
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Adams attorneys would be happy to make
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it go away and will try that legal long
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shot the motion to dismiss it would be
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great for Eric Adams if his case were
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dismissed is it likely this is too big
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this is the office that took down
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Senator Bob Menendez from New Jersey
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just a few weeks ago this is a big one
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and are they going to give up easy the
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answer is the feds never give up easy
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and in that court hearing next Wednesday
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Adam's attorneys say he will be
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demanding evidence from the prosecution
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in addition once again to asking the
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judge to throw the whole case out
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Maurice okay dick thank you you and for
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the latest on the mayor including the
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full indictment at a breakdown of the
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major players in the investigations head
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over to our website CBS new york.com