You were charged with five federal counts of fraud, bribery, and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations. How many of those counts were due to racism, do you think? I think I'm the first mayor that had to fight the federal government to defend this city from a $7.2 billion hole in our budget that would impact low income New Yorkers. and had to pay the price for that. And history is going to be kind to me to see the valid effort that I had not only as a police officer, but also as their mayor. (12:08–12:21)
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