Mayor Eric Adams was criminally charged on multiple counts of bribery, soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations and wire fraud in a historic Thursday indictment, making him the first sitting New York City mayor to be indicted and throwing his political future into serious question.
The massive 57-page indictment, brought by Manhattan US Attorney Damian Williams’ office, alleges a scheme dating back nearly a decade, in which Adams solicited and accepted illegal foreign campaign donations from the a Turkish government official and Turkish businessmen and gifts in exchange for helping speed up approvals for a Midtown Manhattan Turkish consulate building.
