NY Criminal Defense Attorney David Schwartz Talking About Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Former Adviser to Mayor Adams, Indicted on Bribery Charges

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0:00 mayor Adam's former top advisor faced a 0:02 judge on bribery and conspiracy charges 0:05 dick Brennan was in the courtroom and 0:07 has more now on the case centering 0:08 around a Porche and her son ingred Lewis 0:12 Martin led into court and handcuffs just 0:15 last week she was Chief advisor to the 0:16 mayor now a defendant facing corruption 0:19 charges today's indictment alleges and 0:22 portrays a clear 0:24 picture you do this for me and I will do 0:27 that for you the indictment spells out a 0:29 p to play it charges that two 0:31 businessmen May davidi and Rada Ved 0:34 allegedly paid a $100,000 bribe to leis
0:37 Martin and her son Glenn Martin which he 0:40 used to buy a Porsche and other luxury 0:42 goods the benefits Lewis Martin 0:44 allegedly provided to her 0:46 co-conspirators include her personal 0:49
assistance and intervention with the 0:51 Department of buildings in service of 0:53 their construction projects but Arthur 0:55 idala Lewis Martin's attorney says she's 0:58 done nothing wrong and they like to say 1:00 the highest ranking City official next 1:03 to the mayor is going to take a bribe in 1:06 the form of a check and put it into her 1:09 checking account come on folks idola 1:13 claims Lewis Martin only did what she's 1:14 done thousands of times help 1:16 constituents cut through government red 1:18 tape it is now harder for prosecutors to 1:22 prove a quid pro quot criminal defense 1:25 attorney David Schwarz says the Supreme 1:26 Court has raised the bar for prosecutors 1:29 making corruption cases against public 1:31
officials now the Supreme Court has 1:32 ruled on quid proquo and bribery and 1:35 there has to be a tight connection 1:37 between an official act and receiving 1:40 something in value now of course mayor 1:42
Adams is charged in a federal case this 1:45 is a Manhattan da case two different 1:48 cases and Alvin brag said today that he 1:50 wanted to make it clear that the two 1:52 cases have nothing to do with each other
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