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Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ top aide arrested in migrant shelter bribery scheme

On Wednesday morning, federal agents arrested Frank Carone, the former chief of staff to former New York City Mayor Eric Adams, for allegedly accepting bribes to secure migrant housing contracts.

Prosecutors claim Carone took over $100,000 from a hotel owner to steer city business toward a migrant shelter during the height of the city's asylum seeker crisis. Simultaneously, the FBI and NYPD internal affairs raided the homes of high-ranking police officials, including former Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, as part of a separate corruption inquiry. These actions follow a long string of investigations into the inner circle of the former mayor, whose own federal bribery case was dismissed last year.

Carone is expected to be arraigned in Brooklyn federal court later today as investigators continue to execute search warrants across the city.

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Chief of staff to former NYC Mayor Eric Adams, 3 others charged in federal bribery probe

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Chief of staff to former NYC Mayor Eric Adams, 3 others charged in federal bribery probe

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Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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