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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said New York City Mayor Eric Adams should not resign his post amid an historic federal indictment.
Jeffries was asked point-blank during an interview with NBC News about whether Adams should step aside.
"No," the Brooklyn lawmaker put it simply.
“My view is that Mayor Adams, like every other New Yorker and every other American, is entitled to the presumption of innocence and entitled to a trial by a jury of his peers who will ultimately determine his fate within the legal system," he continued...
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