Fox News hosts defend Eric Adams from allegations of corruption in federal indictment
Jeanine Pirro: “There’s a smell to this indictment”
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Citation From the September 26, 2024, edition of Fox News' The Five
GREG GUTFELD (CO-HOST): Jesse, Trump said he predicted this. Is there some -- do you think there's some truth that this is directly related to Adams' response to the migrant crisis?
JESSE WATTERS (CO-HOST): I have no evidence, but --
GUTFELD: That doesn't stop you.
WATTERS: I'm going to tell you I do think so, and he was one of the ones that spoke out against Biden, and if you speak out against Biden, you get punished. Menendez spoke out, got punished. Adams spoke out, got punished. Trump got more than punished. So, I can't prove it, but they have all his phones, they have all of his entourage's phones. Is it the worst thing in the world in terms of political scandals? No. But the guy did accept tons of money from straw donors.
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JEANINE PIRRO (CO-HOST): Let me tell you something about the problem with the weaponization of the Department of Justice, which is the department behind this indictment. Once they start weaponizing against political opponents, you then question, even someone like me, will question whether or not this is something that was motivated based upon the fact that Mayor Adams was critical of the White House because of the migrants, and I thought the same thing that Donald Trump did last year.
Let me tell you something. I was a public official, and you have to sign a disclosure every year. I mean, what, "Did you get a gift for $75?" Most of this indictment is about, oh, instead of economy class, they put him in first class. You know what, that's worth $15,000. I don't like the straw donors. I don't like the fact that, you know, they got money in, that there was a match in New York City, that's a problem. But this whole thing with the New York City Fire Department, apparently there was a skyscraper and the Turkish consulate wanted to get into the skyscraper, and they -- it hadn't yet passed fire safety inspection. So, what does Adams do? He says, "Look, can you move it along?" Now, maybe they were about to do it the next day, I don't know. Maybe there was something wrong. I don't know.
But you know what? There's a smell to this indictment, and as a DA and a prosecutor, I hate saying it, but it's true.