OH, BROTHER
Tammy Murphy and her family-managed trust could be headed for Sen. Bob Menendez’s seat.
Will Bredderman is a researcher at The Daily Beast. He previously covered politics for Crain's New York Business and the New York Observer, where he utilized public records and social media to score scoops on everybody from Michael Bloomberg to Jeffrey Epstein to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Send him tips: william.bredderman@thedailybeast.com or tips@thedailybeast.com.
ATTACKED
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement that George Floyd’s killer “should be able to serve his sentence without fear of retaliation or violence.”
UH OH
Actor James McDaniel became the latest New Yorker to face civil allegations prior to Thanksgiving expiration of state’s Adult Survivors Act.
SIN CITY MYSTERY
Las Vegas authorities detained a retired cop in connection with the death of Robert Hoy, who a friend identified as a former spook.
SCHOOL OF FORT KNOX
Strangely enough, Sen. Bob Menendez’s new lawyer has his own scandal involving gold bars.
GOOP FOR THE GOP
The Wellness Company has helped underwrite the online programming of Kari Lake, Laura Loomer, Naomi Wolf, and others. But critics say the Goop-like firm is a “prolific grift.”
‘WE DON’T DO QUID PRO QUO’
Eric Adams’ office counsel maintained there’s no proof the feds are looking at the mayor himself, but refused to answer if any other City Hall staff have had their phones seized.
ON HOLD
The FBI stopped Mayor Eric Adams on the street and took his devices, The New York Times reported.
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TALKING TURKEY
KSK Construction, which the feds suspect funneled Turkish cash into Eric Adams' campaign, got massive loans from a bank controlled by the Turkish government.
KNOCK KNOCK
A FBI search of Brianna Suggs’ residence comes after Eric Adams’ donors copped to a straw donation scheme.