Mid-Day Update： September 26, 2024
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on charges including wire fraud, bribery, and conspiracy, becoming the first sitting New York City mayor to face criminal prosecution. Some of the charges include conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery and solicitation of a contribution by a foreign nation.
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Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Thursday, September 26th.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams federally indicted.
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Eric Adams has been indicted on charges including wire fraud, bribery, and conspiracy
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out of the Southern District of New York, becoming the first sitting New York City mayor to face criminal prosecution.
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Some of the charges include conspiracy, wire fraud, bribery, and solicitation of a contribution by a foreign nation.
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According to federal prosecutors, Adams accepted illegal, quote,
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straw contributions to his campaign going back nearly a decade.
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Quote, for nearly a decade, Adams sought and accepted improper valuable benefits such as luxury international travel,
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including from the wealthy foreign business people, and at least one Turkish government official seeking to gain influence over him,
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As Adams' prominence and power grew, his foreign national benefactors sought to cash in on their corrupt relationships with him,
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particularly when, in 2021, became clear that Adams would become the New York City mayor.
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This all according to the unsealed indictment out today.
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Mayor Adams is not expected to turn himself in until next week.
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With 40 days until election day, Gallup has some great polling for Republicans.
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More American adults identify as Republicans in the third quarter of the presidential year for the first time in recorded history,
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The finding is rather significant because party identification is a strong indicator of party preferences
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leading into the November presidential, House, and Senate elections.
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Gallup is reporting that 48% American adults identify as Republican or leading Republican,
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while only 45% identify as Democrat or leading Democrat.
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Decision Desk HQ predicts that Republicans have a 57% chance of keeping control of the House,
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and in the Senate, Republicans have a 71% chance of retaking control, according to their latest forecast.
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Keep in mind, folks, that's all with President Trump at the top of the ticket.
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Be sure to join us for today's episode of The Great America Show.
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We're joined by Tony Schaefer, retired Pentagon Intel operative and president of Project Sentinel.
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We take up the latest on the Pentagon deploying more troops out into the Middle East
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to fight more wars that have nothing to do with America.
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Be sure to follow me on Twitter at JohnFawcettNY and on Truth Social at John Fawcett.
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And join us each and every day for The Great America Show.