Americans are hungry. Hear from Kamala Harris on the elections biggest issue. Im a capitalist but did she answer their questions plus Breaking News, the mayor of new York City indicted tonight, got thems first ever to be criminally charged. Also when the Dog Whistle becomes a bullhorn, a Maga Congressman resorts to vile rhetoric against the legal immigrants in springfield warning them to leave the country. And Donald Trump is an adjudicated sexual assaulter. He was basically overpowering me. Do the chilling words from trumps accusers have any impact on voters . Live at the Table Tara Setmayer bryan lanza, gretchen carlson, and Madison Jesse Auto 40 days to go americans with different perspectives arent talking to Each Other. But here they do this is cnn Breaking News good evening. Im Abby Phillip in new york. Lets get right to what america is talking about. There is news breaking, just moments ago that the new York City mayor Eric Adams, has now been indicted on at least one federal criminal charge in the indictment as of right . It now is sealed, so its unclear exactly what charge or Charges Mayor adams will face, but he will become the first mayor in the Citys History to be charged while still in office, federal investigators have been looking at his Campaign Fundraising at foreign influence violations. And mayor adams has denied id any wrongdoing despite resignations left and right from right inside of his administration, were going to discuss this at the table, but first lets go to cnns chief Law Enforcement and intelligence analyst, John Miller, whos been a part of new York City for quite a long time. I mean, john, first of all, what do we know . Oh, about all the various things that mayor adams could be facing here, which adds to a level of complexity, given that we dont yet know what the charges are well, abby, first in full disclosure, i worked for mayor adams as a deputy Police Commissioner in the beginning of his administration. So he and his team are people that im highly familiar with what were looking at here is and its a great way to frame it because its complicated and we should understand it. This is an investigation started by the fbi more than a year ago. Last november they did Search Warrants against several of atoms, key aides, and associates, and businessmen connected allegedly to this case that is what put us on notice that the fbi was investigating it after that they seize the mayors phones and electronic devices and we have seen them subpoena additional records with Search Warrants, looking into Campaign Finance records, foreign trips by the mirror particularly on Turkish Airlines and allegations have been in the subtext of this story as to what was provided by the mayor allegedly in return for that this is key. That is the thing that has not been clearly spelled out. And the investigative activity weve been able to see when this indictment we are told was handed up by the Grand Jury today, and sealed, which is why we dont know whats inside it. There will be an announcement we expect tomorrow by the office of the united States Attorney, where they will lay out these charges. And whats behind them. But when we see that, because based on what weve got so far we dont see the quid pro quo. We dont say he did this specifically in return for that we havent seen that allegation. And that is the kind of thing for a united States Attorney to indict the mayor of americas largest city that would have to go from the us Attorneys Office up to the public Corruption Section in the u. S. Department of justice from there to the Attorney General to get an indictment like that approved, meaning theyve read through the charges and they think they pass muster yeah so we will be looking with great anticipation to see what that says. We know what the mayor says, what the mayor says tonight was i always knew that if i stood my ground for new yorkers, that i would be a target and argued i became if i am charged, i am innocent and will fight this with every ounce of my Strength And Spirit theres a lot in that statement. John miller, one more question for you because i think you alluded to this. This has been going on now in the background and a lot of investigative steps or were only seeing the public aspects of it every once in awhile. In over the last year. But over the last week or two, there have been a number of resignations, a number of retirements, a number of people being charged around the Eric Adams administration put that all together for us. What is the impact of that on this city well, this is basically five investigations. One into alleged foreign influence from china, who allegedly theyre investing, getting whether a key aide to the mayor was coopted to do Chinas Bidding within the city administration, similar to the case we just saw with an aide to the governor another is a case into two Deputy Mayors and the schools chancellor. And that is looking into how contracts were awarded specifically contracts that were awarded with urgency on issues like Migrant Housing and other things, security contracts, and more a special assistant to the mayor, the Police Commissioner was probe because his Twin Brother was allegedly going around shaking down bars for money on the idea that he good either ease up on Police Enforcement or perhaps increase it if it if money was paid. So you see this flurry of activity, but theyre separate. The Mayors Investigation thats the fbi, the Deputy A. Maerz investigation is being led by the u. S. Attorneys office and other agencies the foreign Counterintelligence Section of the fbi is looking into the alleged chinese foreign influence. But abby, as you pointed out, what what it has caused is a storm of subpoenas, Seizures Search warrants among the people closest to the mayor which of course is has cast a large shadow over the administration, over city hall. And over the atoms campaign, which is going to face an election within a year. Yeah. I mean, hes up for reelection next year. There are a number of people lining up to replace him. Hes hes made a lot of political enemies justin. His time as mayor. And many of those people have already started speaking up and calling for him at this point to resign. John miller, please Stand By for us. Has the story continues to develop, were going to bring it in to the studio here at the table, joining us in our Fits Seat is manhattan criminal Defense Attorney stacy schneider, stacey as john just pointed out, its a lot of different investigations. I mean, i think we will have a conversation here with this group about the political implications of it all. But from a legal perspective, what do you think is the most likely scenario here for what he could be facing given what we know about Eric Adams, the mayor what hes being investigated over. So based on the evidence thats been seized from different members of the administration and the fact that the new York City mayor has had his own Cell Phones and ipad seized by the fbi what i suspect might be coming down is one of the allegations, and this is going to be a public corruption indictment. Very likely. But one of the allegations that has been floating around is that there was a member of a former member of someone associated with the turkish government, or a liaison to the turkish community, as well as someone who worked for a turkish airline and that there was some kind of fundraising done with turkey that enabled allegedly pressure to be put on the new York City Fire Department to approve the building of a highrise in Midtown Manhattan for a brand new turkish consulate so thats some, some of the alleged facts that are floating around that might turn up in this sealed indictment, which will be released tomorrow. But the most shocking part of all of this besides the fact that new York City top administration officials under the mayor have been dropping like flies eyes resigning left and right. The mayors own counsel just resigned, apparently because allegedly he wasnt listening to her advice, whatever the typical reason is that lawyers resigned in the middle of investigations. Thats usually it but the fact that the new York City mayor has been investigated in this way, and all of these people who had their phones seized in his administration i think this indictment is going to be multipronged regarding many at least five theyre talking about foreign governments where theres been some kind of allegedly improper activity, but well see what the evidence turns up It Indictment incredibly stunning you know, this is someone i mean, for context not only the mayor of new York City, this incredible institution of a city when it comes to this country, but also someone who just a couple of years ago when he was elected, was being touted. He touted himself as the future of the democratic party. He was presenting himself as the person who who best represented the path forward for the democratic party. He is now being indicted and he was just awful sounds like public corruption and he was when he was a Police Officer. And i think the most striking thing to me is if you just look at his childhood in his background, he had skirmishes with the law when he grew up in a singleparent family, and then he ended up being able to rehabilitate himself and became a Police Officer and rose to the ranks of becoming the mayor of the biggest city in the united states. But to hear these types of allegations potentially in charges, it doesnt sound like its a oneoff the other thing i had heard was that potentially they were bundling Campaign Funds together and then they were reimbursing people for those funds, which is i guess a violation of Campaign Fund Raising earlier today, aoc called for his resignation and i was wondering if that had something to do with anything or if she had prior knowledge but its just very sad. Yeah. I mean, i think that the circumstances were starting to collapse on Eric Adams. It is a question now, of what happens next. Does he resign . Does he get pushed out by the governor, Kathy Hochul what happens now . Because the pressure is mounting. Yeah. Well, right now, i think the question of whos running new York City is a legitimate one and for Eric Adams, i mean, if youve been following this, i dont think anyone is surprised that it its come to this point and hes been very arrogant throughout all of this, knowing that these things have been swirling around, right . Self pride comes before a fall. And i think this is a perfect example of that in politics with Eric Adams. And it is a shame because he doesnt have a Great American story as gretchen mentioned, of coming, overcoming his childhood and to become the mayor of the greatest city in the world in my opinion and but you cant do this with corruption. And the Southern District Of New York would not have made a move like this unless they were pretty rock solid on the evidence that they had. And once your phones are seized by the feds, thats never a good sign. And so we all know that that had happened. And the fact that its coming from multiple fronts is also highly problematic i dont see how he stays, but then again, in the era of Donald Trump, where you denied now i deny deny i wouldnt be surprised if he tried to stay and it puts the governor of new york in a situation. What does she do then . There are some interesting parallels in his statement that he put out about the government coming after him. I think it parallels a lot of what President Trump has talked about. He said a government always he said, i always knew if i stood my ground for new yorkers, that i would be a target and a target i became. And i think itll be interesting to see obviously what comes out tomorrow when they unseal the indictment and of course, whether he does ultimately resigned because sources close to Kathy Hochul are saying that they arent going to push her out from the state level. So well see what happens. I think he resigns, but remains to be seen to jail. Or if ever, if he has bail, i mean, we have no idea whats going to happen. I mean, is it a mistake for him to sort of like nod to some kind of conspiracy because one of the things that John Miller pointed out, if youre listening closely to what he said, is that all of these other kind of many scandals that are. Unfolding in the Eric Adams administration. They are being investigated by all these different these different authorities. They are being theyre coming at it from all sides. The idea that that is some kind of grand conspiracy. Well, i would like to see that wizard that that would be an incredibly powerful wizard, same lizard that Mark Robinson and apparently visited him as well apparently. Its pretty jarring hearing this tonight, i grew up in new york his sort of idolize new york is sort of the image that you want of america. More facts are going to come out tomorrow, but you know, adams has a difficult path ahead of him. I mean, the calls for resignation are going to be overwhelming. And if he chooses to fight, he chooses to fight the i think people can choose to fight all the time. I remember during the clinton era, he chose to fight an impeachment. It wasnt a criminal charge. But the line has been set. If you fight, you line up your allies and you move forward. I suspect thats what adams, if he makes that decision, thats how its setups and he should be careful because now hes going to be a criminal defendant who is going to be in indicted in federal court in the Southern District. And hes making all these sort of Campaign Slogan statements. Im going to fight for the people of new york and im going to continue to fight and im an innocent almost like hes a victim here. But you dont get a federal indictment for nothing where theres smoke, theres fire, and im not saying hes guilty of anything. We havent seen indictment. Its all allegations. But like you said earlier, abby, i mean the federal prosecutors and the fbi dont investigate cases and then throw them together out like a match book, putting its this is serious. Theres so many moving pieces here, and so many members because of this administration, whove had their Cell Phones seized all the conversations and the data and the Text Messaging in these Cell Phones and the emails. Its all put together into a Story Line of what allegedly happened here. And its going to be very waiting for mayor adams to already his Statement Tonight before so we even knew about this indictment. It came maybe an hour or two ago was im the second black mayor of new York City, and theyre just targeting mate how is that relevant when he knows he came out of a un event last year with his aides, his suv was waiting to take him back and the fbi said, mayor, get into the Van And Theyve made everyone wait outside and they went at the fbi, went into a van with the mayor of new York City and had a discussion about taking his cell phone. Yeah, him. I remember that it is surreal. Its extraordinary and its just the beginning honestly, of this stories, stacey, thank you very much. For rushing in and joining us on this Breaking News. Everyone else Stand By for us. Were getting word of a confrontation on the House Floor Tonight between a Maga Congressman and democrats over a vile rant about legal legal immigrants. 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