Federal officials on Thursday announced charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, accusing him of engaging in a multi-year bribery and corruption scheme involving foreign nationals and officials.
The charges against the mayor include one count of bribery; one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals; one count of wire fraud; and two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national.
Criminal Indictment Unsealed
The federal indictment, unsealed Thursday by a judge, alleges that Adams’s crimes date back to 2014 when he was the Brooklyn borough president and stretched until at least 2021. He’s accused of seeking and accepting bribes such as luxury travel from wealthy foreign business officials and at least one Turkish government official….