{"id":2380489,"date":"2024-12-16T11:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-vows-to-fight-indictment-to-bitter-end-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-16T11:26:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:26:06","slug":"eric-adams-vows-to-fight-indictment-to-bitter-end-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-vows-to-fight-indictment-to-bitter-end-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Adams vows to fight indictment to &#8216;bitter end&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Feric-adams-vows-to-fight-indictment-to-bitter-end-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=2380489&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 recent appearance on Dr. Phil&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/things-that-donald-trump-did-not-do\/\" title=\"Things That Donald Trump Did Not Do\">talk show<\/a>, New York City Mayor Eric Adams\u200b discussed his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">ongoing legal troubles<\/a>, specifically addressing an indictment\u200d he is facing. Adams \u2063suggested that the indictment could be linked\u200c to his \u2064outspoken views on immigration&#8217;s impact on\u200b the city. The conversation, which took place at Gracie Mansion, included various topics, with the\u200d indictment\u200b being a significant focus. Adams was\u200b indicted by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-official-who-pulled-knife-on-trump-supporters-indicted-on-weapons-charges-media-tries-to-frame-him-as-victim\/\" title=\"Democrat Official Who Pulled Knife On Trump Supporters Indicted On Weapons Charges; Media Tries To Frame Him As Victim\">grand jury<\/a> in September on five counts, including bribery and soliciting contributions from foreign nationals.\u200c He has pledged\u200c to fight the indictment to the\u2062 end \u200band entered a not guilty plea regarding the charges.  <\/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\">Eric Adams vows to fight indictment to &lsquo;bitter end&rsquo; in discussion with Dr. Phil<\/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_1913443\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><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> speculated that the indictment he is facing stems from a variety of factors, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dr-phil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Dr. Phil<\/a> that &ldquo;the tip&rdquo; is that he was &ldquo;extremely&rdquo; vocal about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">immigration<\/a> affecting his city.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Adams sat down with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">talk show host<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DrPhil\/status\/1867749983610712166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">an &ldquo;unfiltered&rdquo; discussion<\/a> at Gracie Mansion in New York, and <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 mayor&rsquo;s indictment<\/a> was one of several topics they discussed. A grand jury <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1YiOHVNs_eoxyN-ykHUCdO2DTSQtTCmmW\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">indicted<\/a> him in September on five counts, ranging from bribery to solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3169134\/eric-adams-enters-not-guilty-plea-for-corruption-bribery-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he has pleaded not guilty to the charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor attributed his indictment to &ldquo;a combination of things.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believe at the tip of it is I was extremely vociferous about what was happening to this city during the migrants and asylum-seeker issue,&rdquo; Adams said on <em>Dr. Phil&rsquo;s Merit TV<\/em>. &ldquo;I live my life, not only when I was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-investigating-voter-registration-group-run-by-democrat-raphael-warnock\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Voter Registration Group Run By Democrat Raphael Warnock\">law enforcement officer<\/a>, but when I was a state senator, a president, and now the mayor, of following the law. And when you look into the crevices of the indictment, it clearly shows that something is just not right.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Adams said &ldquo;the only consolation&rdquo; he has amid the indictment is that his mother is not alive, as he would not want her to see him face this legal battle. He added that &ldquo;no American should go through what I&rsquo;m going through&rdquo; and that his legal battle runs counter to his fight for &ldquo;proper criminal justice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to fight it, and it&rsquo;s important that I do so because I know I haven&rsquo;t done anything wrong,&rdquo; Adams said. &ldquo;I served this city as a police officer, I served this city as a state senator, as a borough president, and I&rsquo;m serving it as a mayor. And I think that my story is an American story, and I&rsquo;m going to fight to the bitter end for this city.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Talk show host Dr. Phil, left, and New York Mayor Eric Adams, right. (Photo credit Eric Anthony\/Merit TV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The full interview between Dr. Phil and Adams will air on Merit at 8 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speculation has grown in recent weeks that Adams, a Democrat, could swap political parties, as he claimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3252232\/eric-adams-hints-leave-democratic-party-join-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he is &ldquo;part of the American party&rdquo;<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3248890\/adams-work-trump-administration-instead-warring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">has also expressed cooperation to work with the incoming Trump administration&rsquo;s deportations<\/a> of illegal immigrants. However, Adams dismissed that possibility, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3254882\/adams-insists-true-blue-democrat-criticizing-party-squabbling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">calling himself a &ldquo;true-blue&rdquo; mayor while also being &ldquo;a true blue-collar mayor.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Dr. Phil interviewed incoming border czar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3255950\/dr-phil-homan-fix-view-law-enforcement-bad-guys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tom Homan, who emphasized the threat that illegal immigrant gangs<\/a>, including Tren de Aragua, pose to the United States. He also warned these gangs that they would be in trouble once President-elect Donald Trump takes office next year, as &ldquo;my gang&rsquo;s bigger than their gang.&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_1913443\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1913443\"}});<\/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>Eric Adams pledges to contest indictment to the &#8216;bitter end&#8217; on Dr. Phil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2380490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Adams-Indictment-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36661,15074,32603],"class_list":["post-2380489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-eric-adams","tag-indictment","tag-political-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Adams-Indictment-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2380489"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380493,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380489\/revisions\/2380493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2380490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2380489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2380489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}