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Eric Adams: “I was charged with calling the fire department and telling…”

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And when you look at the entire case, no one read the indictment. People don't even realize they heard the term bribery. And they said, okay, he must be corrupt. I was charged with calling the fire department and telling the fire department, can you do an inspection on the building that the president of Turkey was coming to. to the opening and I said, if you can't, let me know and I'll manage their expectation. They said, for 10 years, throughout independent travel, you got upgrades. (15:51–16:04)

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Asserts that Eric Adams was charged for requesting a fire department inspection for a building the president of Turkey was visiting.

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