Unpleasant and sometimes you have to execute a Search Warrant or not give somebody an opportunity to delay or take more time. So i think that has yet to play out, but it is clear, jim, as you said, there is some bad blood here between the respective sides and theres a Pr Battle going on. I mean, Eric Adams made statements last night. Apparently hes going to speak again. Hes going to try to get in before the u. S. Attorney speaks at 11 ive been 30. Eric adams we know is not shy about what he says on camera. Its worth noting the u. S. Attorney, who again will speak in about a half hour. He is constrained as to what he can say. I think when we see his press conference, weve seen them recently. We saw when two weeks ago in the sean combs, the did he case . The u. S. Attorney can only say essentially whats already in this indictment now its a 50 some page indictment. Its very detailed. So he will have some material to work with here, but yeah, Eric Adams, i believe Eric Adams will continue
That this indictment was coming and would be Unsealed Today. We expect him to take that podium any moment now, but im going to hand off to jose diazbalart, who picks up our breaking News Coverage right now. Good morning, 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. All eyes are on new York City where mayor Eric Adams could speak at any moment. Just after Federal Prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging him with bribery, Wire Fraud, and many other charges. Federal prosecutors are scheduled to hold a News Conference later this hour as well. Were going to, of course, bring you all these remarks when they occur, but youre seeing there that dais has been set up right outside where were going to be hearing from the mayor of new York City any moment now. Adams is the first mayor in modern new York City history to be charged while in office. The indictment was unsealed hours after the Mayors Attorney said Fbi Agents went to the mayors residence, Gracy Mansion, to take the mayors phone. With us
Welcome to prime time weekend i m nicole wallace let s get to the top stories. We witnessed a political bombshell in the making, liz cheney, vice chairman of the committee and the most conservative republican dynasty in america who earlier this weekend dorsed endorsed harris, she and her father will do something if you are casually follower you might think hell is frozen over. Dick cheney is voting for democrat, he is voting for harris. Here she is in conversation with the atlantic s mark levovich making the news in austin, texas. Dick cheney, your father, a beloved figure among democrats for many, many years [ laughter ] do you, do you, if you know who he will be supporting or who he will be voting for do you care to share with us who he might be voting for dick cheney will be voting for kamala harris. [ cheers and applause ] okay. Wow. Words i never expected to hear yeah. You know. If you, if you think about the moment that we are in and you think about how serious this moment is. Yo
Investigations, this Move Signals Prosecutors could be nearing the completion of their probe. Theyre looking into whether the Trump Organization misled lenders and Insurance Companies about the value of properties on one side, Inflating Income there, and deflated income to reduce their tax burden. Cnns Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid here to help walk us through all this. Paula, theres a lot we know and dont know. The grand jury has been convened. We dont know what comes out of that. What do we know about the time frame . This grand jury has been impaneled for at least six months. There is a mechanism to extend this. This is an incredibly powerful tool for prosecutors. They can use this to continue to build out their case and test it before a group of randomlyselected citizens, usually up to 23 people. The fact they have convened this grand jury two years into the investigation does suggest that prosecutors believe they have evidence of a crime, and they can use this now
Investigations, this Move Signals Prosecutors could be nearing the completion of their probe. Theyre looking into whether the Trump Organization misled lenders and Insurance Companies about the value of properties on one side, Inflating Income there, and deflated income to reduce their tax burden. Cnns Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid here to help walk us through all this. Paula, theres a lot we know and dont know. The grand jury has been convened. We dont know what comes out of that. What do we know about the time frame . This grand jury has been impaneled for at least six months. There is a mechanism to extend this. This is an incredibly powerful tool for prosecutors. They can use this to continue to build out their case and test it before a group of randomlyselected citizens, usually up to 23 people. The fact they have convened this grand jury two years into the investigation does suggest that prosecutors believe they have evidence of a crime, and they can use this now