(19 Dec 2024)
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New York – 19 December 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Alvin Bragg, Manhattan District Attorney (addressing Luigi Mangione’s arrival back in New York)
“This morning, the defendant (Luigi Mangione) waived extradition in Pennsylvania and was picked up and is in the process of being transported by the NYPD here to New York. I’ll let you the– the Southern District of New York speak speak for itself about their plans. But I do want to note that speaking generally, we have we’ve had state prosecutions and federal prosecutions proceed as parallel matters, and we are in conversations with our law enforcement counterparts.”
2. Wide of Bragg and other officials arriving to news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Alvin Bragg, Manhattan District Attorney:
“Today’s announcement addresses corruption at the highest levels of city government. The indictment unsealed today can be summarized in three words: Quid pro quo. We allege that Ingrid Lewis Martin engaged in a long running bribery, money laundering and conspiracy scheme by using her position and authority as the chief adviser of– chief adviser to the New York City mayor, the second highest position in city government to illegally influence city decisions in exchange of, in excess of $100,000 in cash and other benefits for herself and her son, Glenn Martin II.. Accordingly, both Lewis Martin and Glenn Martin II are charged in the New York State Supreme Court indictment with bribe receiving in the first degree Class B, felony money laundering and the third degree, a Class D felony and conspiracy in the fourth degree. The charges encompass the vast majority of defendant Lewis Martin’s time as chief adviser.”
++BLACK FRAMES++
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Alvin Bragg, Manhattan District Attorney:
“But I want to note that even without the bribe payments here. The jumping to the front line, front of the line: Naked cronyism. That in and of itself is anathema to public service.”
++BLACK FRAMES++
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Alvin Bragg, Manhattan District Attorney:
“These charges do not allege any criminal conduct by Mayor Eric Adams. The mayor is not a target of our investigation and we do not have evidence of criminal conduct by the mayor.“
6. Wide of press conference
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Alvin Bragg, Manhattan District Attorney:
“We recently have had both locally and beyond, a series of verbal attacks on law enforcement and prosecutors, in particular prosecutors engaged in public corruption enforcement. I want to salute all those who do this important work, who follow the facts without fear or favor. And increasingly so in the face of these verbal attacks.”
8. Zoom out of press conference as officials depart
STORYLINE:
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Thursday that Ingrid Lewis-Martin, her son Glenn D. Martin II and real estate investors Raizada Vaid and Mayank Dwivedi were indicted in an alleged conspiracy involving bribes of more than $100,000 while Lewis-Martin served as Mayor Eric Adams’ chief adviser — a post she left only last weekend. Lewis-Martin and her son also are charged with money laundering.
It said the developers repeatedly asked Lewis-Martin for help getting needed approvals for their projects, and she in turn pressed officials in the city buildings department to take action, and they did.
“The indictment unsealed today can be summarized in three words: Quid pro quo," Bragg said at a news conference.
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