{"id":2346413,"date":"2024-09-26T17:10:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T21:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dirty-doj-has-targeted-plans-with-adams-indictment-claudia-tenney-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T17:10:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T21:10:51","slug":"dirty-doj-has-targeted-plans-with-adams-indictment-claudia-tenney-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dirty-doj-has-targeted-plans-with-adams-indictment-claudia-tenney-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dirty DOJ&#8217; has \u2018targeted\u2019 plans with Adams indictment: Claudia Tenney &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdirty-doj-has-targeted-plans-with-adams-indictment-claudia-tenney-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2346413&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-continues-nuclear-program-aims-to-enrich-uranium-to-20\/\" title=\"Iran continues nuclear program, aims to enrich uranium to 20%\">recent statement<\/a> on Fox \u2062Business, Rep.\u200b Claudia Tenney (R-NY) criticized the Justice Department for its indictment against\u200c New York Mayor Eric Adams, claiming it may have ulterior motives. She highlighted the age \u200cof the crimes he\u2062 is charged with and\u200d speculated on why they were\u200c not prosecuted earlier,\u2063 suggesting political \u2063timing played \u200ca role. Tenney, although \u200bcritical of Adams&#8217;s policies, questioned the \u200cDOJ&#8217;s timing and\u2064 transparency, accusing \u200dAttorney General Merrick Garland of leading a &#8220;dirty&#8221; department. She\u2064 expressed\u2064 concern that the \u200bindictment was\u200d motivated by Adams\u2019s opposition to President Biden, suggesting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/menendez-addresses-growing-calls-to-resign-after-corruption-charges\/\" title=\"Menendez responds to increasing demands for resignation amid corruption charges.\">broader political agenda<\/a> at play.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rep. Claudia Tenney suggests &lsquo;dirty DOJ&rsquo; has &lsquo;targeted&rsquo; plans with Adams indictment<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1770164\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/rep-claudia-tenney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Rep. Claudia Tenney<\/a> (R-NY) argued that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Justice Department<\/a> could have ulterior motives with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-charged-with-election-interference-for-social-media-post\/\" title=\"Conservative charged with election interference for social media post\">recent indictment<\/a> against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York<\/a> Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Eric Adams<\/a>, citing how old most of the crimes he is charged with are.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3167424\/eric-adams-indictment-alleges-decade-of-corruption-bribery-by-foreign-nationals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>The 57-page indictment charged Adams with numerous counts<\/a> ranging from federal program bribery to wire fraud, all of which could land him up to 45 years in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>prison<\/a> if convicted. Tenney, despite being critical of the Democratic mayor&rsquo;s &ldquo;terrible&rdquo; policies, questioned why his charges were not prosecuted eight years earlier and suggested it was because Adams&rsquo;s party needed him to become mayor at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t want their guy in office, because why? He stood up to President Biden,&rdquo; Tenney said on Fox Business Network&rsquo;s <em>The Big Money Show<\/em>. &ldquo;But you know what they also did, the DOJ, they slow-walked all the evidence we had on Hunter Biden, his charges would have been even worse. And so this is a dirty DOJ. Merrick Garland is a dirty cop running a very dirty DOJ.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2615348&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=901570715cdebbc78274c452620859c6\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tenney said that while the mayor looks &ldquo;very guilty,&rdquo; his indictment &ldquo;looks targeted.&rdquo; As such, she believes Adams is innocent until proven guilty.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I could be wrong, but I served in the New York State Legislature,&rdquo; Tenney said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve seen when the Democrats attack each other and how bad it can be. And I feel like they&rsquo;re really trying to remove him because he&rsquo;s got some primary opponents who are lurking in the background, who by the way, are equally bad.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adams has received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3167579\/calls-for-eric-adams-to-resign-mount-after-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>several calls to resign from office<\/a>, but the mayor has said he has no plans to do so. Among those calling for his resignation are Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY).<\/p>\n<p>The next in line to succeed Adams, should he resign or be removed, would be New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who has declined to say if Adams should resign&nbsp;but <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nycpa\/status\/1839139910936117493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>called<\/a> the indictment &ldquo;incredibly serious.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1770164\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1770164\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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