The Sordid Saga of President Trump and Mayor Adams

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🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The sweeping federal corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams seemed to spell the end of his career. Then he got a sudden reprieve from President Trump — but as the terms of that support became public, an extraordinary blowback ensued. Nicholas Fandos, who covers New York politics and government for The Times, walks us through the saga.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Mavarro.
0:03.8	This is the Daily.
0:10.7	Today.
0:13.2	The mayor, the president, and the alleged quid pro quo that has plunged the Justice Department
0:20.1	and now New York's political world into chaos.
0:25.1	My colleague, Nick Fandos, walks us through the saga.
0:35.6	It's Thursday, February 20th.
0:43.5	Nick, nice to have you in the studio.
0:45.3	Thank you for coming.
0:45.9	It's always good to be back.
0:47.4	So if you live in New York City long enough,
0:50.7	and you almost qualify for this,
0:52.8	you come to know the famous phrase from Cindy Adams,
0:56.1	the legendary tabloid columnist, only in New York, kids, only in New York. And that seems to apply
1:03.2	to the events of the past week or so when our Democratic mayor indicted on sweeping federal
1:09.6	corruption charges that would seem to spell the end of his
1:12.7	career, suddenly wins a reprieve from the Republican president of the United States.
1:19.2	But then, as the terms of this reprieve become public, it creates this extraordinary blowback
1:27.1	that extends far beyond our fair city.
1:30.3	That's where you pick up.
1:31.9	Yeah.
1:32.2	Well, as usual, Ms. Adams, I think is correct.
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