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Joan Tindell's avatar

He pardons criminals duly convicted with evidence by juries, including on Monday Rod Blagojevich. He orders charges dropped against his loyalists and anyone, like Eric Adams who might be useful. He fires any attorney or agent ever assigned to one of his cases. He has called Jan. 6, which we saw with our own eyes, a day of love. And now he dismantles government before our eyes.

Abnormal, weird, unusual are not the words for this. The appropriate word is CORRUPT.

The world has turned upside down, his voters are deaf and blind, and no GOP politician is willing to stand up for the oath to which they swore.

I never imagined it would be so easy to install a dictator in the White House. The joke's on me.

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John Manuel Andriote's avatar

They left it hanging over Eric Adams’ head because it gives them power to manipulate him to push their agenda.

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John Ryan(PA)'s avatar

Certainly sounds like they're weaponizing the department for their own gains

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Denise Garcia-Barham's avatar

Trump wants Adams to owe him. He obviously needs Adams for something. Holding over a future indictment is something he can use against Adams.

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Susan Reynolds's avatar

well, NY is a sanctuary City with lots of immigrants. How will Trump use that?

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Phyllis's avatar

Is it unusual or a bribe? Dismissing without prejudice — so it can be reinstated if Adams doesn’t meet Trump’s expectations — seems more than unusual. If it’s a bribe, Trump has immunity but what about Bove?

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Erica's avatar

He basically sold NYC

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Lark Leonard's avatar

We seem to have entered a world - overnight - in which everything is not what it seems or seemed to be, where you can't tell what a person truly thinks or thought or will think (or do), where suddenly you feel extremely vulnerable and somehow archaic - like your values, your belief systems, your entire way of existing is outdated and doesn't apply anymore. It is frightening. This is the world created by corruption. Honesty and reliability are out the window.

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