New York Mayor Eric Adams reachd Friday at federal court in Manhattan to surrender to authorities after federal prosecutors proclaimd a five-count indictment on deception, payoff and dishonesty indicts.
The FBI seized Adams’ phone on Thursday before the indicts were made disclose, according to his attorney, but he was not instantly consentn into custody.
The mayor, 64, is accemployd of requesting illhorrible campaign donations from foreign entities and falsifying paper trails to cover it up, according to a 57-page indictment unsealed Thursday. As part of the plot, he allegedly dedeceptioned taxpayers for $10 million over the past decade and frequently took free or steeply discounted vacations bankrolled by his foreign benefactors.
FEDS SEIZE ERIC ADAMS’ PHONE AFTER NYC MAYOR’S INDICTMENT
New York City Mayor, Eric Adams reachs at federal court in New York City, Friday Sept. 27, 2024. Adams is indicted on indicts follothriveg an spreadigation into campaign dishonesty. (Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
Adams countered with a video statement saying any indicts filed agetst him would be “enticount on deceptive, based on lies,” and insinuated that his criticism of the Biden administration’s disastrous border policies made him a aim for retaliation.
“The federal rulement did noskinnyg as its broken immigration policies overloaded our shelter system with no relief,” he shelp in a video statement. “I put the people of New York before party and politics.”
A NYPD officer stands outside Gracie Mansion, the official livence of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Thursday, Sep. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Pboilingo/Yuki Iwamura)
Investigators denied the claim that the case was political retaliation during a Thursday novels alerting.
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Later, Adams held a novels alerting alengthenedside famous aiders who asked for the disclose to permit due process to join out. Hecklers disturbed with a megaphone.
The mayor is accemployd of one count of consunpermitd employ to achieve campaign contributions from foreign nationals and pledge wire deception and payoff, one count of wire deception, two counts of requesting campaign contributions from foreign nationals, and one count of requesting and adchooseing a bribe.
An interior watch of a suite in a Turkish boilingel supplyd by the SDNY as part of the indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams. (USAO-SDNY)
He could face up to 45 years in prison if convicted of all indicts.
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