Eric Adams
The Trump Justice Department is mulling dropping federal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Adams was recently indicted on charges including wire fraud, bribery and conspiracy out of the Southern District of New York, becoming the first sitting New York City mayor to face criminal prosecution.
Charges include conspiracy theory, wire fraud, bribery and solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national. Read the indictment.
According to federal prosecutors Adams accepted $10 million in illegal “straw” campaign contributions and bribes from foreign countries, including Turkey, Israel, China, Qatar, South Korea, and Uzbekistan going back nearly a decade.
“For nearly a decade, Adams sought and accepted improper valuable benefits, such as luxury international travel, including from wealthy foreign businesspeople and at least one Turkish government official seeking to gain influence over him,” the indictment reads.
“As Adams’s prominence and power grew, his foreign-national benefactors sought to cash in on their corrupt relationships with him, particularly when, in 2021, it became clear that Adams would become New York City’s mayor,” the filing said, according to The New York Post.
“Adams agreed, providing favorable treatment in exchange for the illicit benefits he received.”
Federal agents stormed Gracie Mansion—the official residence of New York City Mayor Eric Adams last November, executing a search warrant connected to his public corruption indictment.
The Biden Regime went after Eric Adams after he went off-script and said illegal aliens are destroying New York City.
Exactly one year ago, Mayor Eric Adams admitted (off-script) that migrants are “destroying NYC”
He was just indicted by Biden-Harris pic.twitter.com/oDhKVuPAzA
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 26, 2024
According to The New York Times, federal prosecutors in Trump’s DOJ are in talks to drop the charges against Eric Adams.
The New York Times reported:
Senior Justice Department officials under President Trump have held discussions with federal prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of dropping their corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, according to five people with knowledge of the matter.
The officials have also spoken to Mr. Adams’s defense team since Mr. Trump took office, the people said. The defense team is led by Alex Spiro, who is also the personal lawyer for Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and one of the president’s closest advisers.
Mr. Adams was indicted in September on charges including bribery, fraud and soliciting illegal foreign campaign contributions after an investigation that began in 2021. He has pleaded not guilty, maintained his innocence and contended that he is being prosecuted because he criticized the Biden administration.
In recent weeks, Mr. Adams, a Democrat, has curried favor with Mr. Trump, traveling to Mar-a-Lago, attending the inauguration and saying that, from now on, he will share any criticisms of the president in private. Mr. Trump has the power to pardon Mr. Adams, and in December said that the mayor had been treated “pretty unfairly” by prosecutors, and suggested he was considering issuing a pardon.
Eric Adams has been working with the Trump Administration to deport illegal aliens.
Last month Eric Adams dared people to ‘cancel’ him for wanting to work with President Trump and his Border Czar Tom Homan regarding deportations of illegal aliens.
“Well, cancel me because I’m going to protect the people of this city,” Adams said.
WATCH:
BREAKING: NYC Mayor Eric Adams says he will work with Trump and Border Czar Tom Homan regarding deportations
“Cancel me, I don’t care” pic.twitter.com/8nXolPEhgi
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 3, 2024
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