The indictment has been unsealed revealing five federal charges related to bribery, wire fraud, conspiracy and soliciting campaign contributions from foreign nationals...
From NBC News
The 57-page indictment accuses Adams of accepting "illicit benefits" from foreign businesspeople and a Turkish government official in exchange for favorable treatment.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams received more than $100,000 worth of free plane tickets and luxury hotel stays from wealthy Turkish nationals and at least one government official in a nearly decadelong corruption scheme, according to a 57-page federal indictment unsealed Thursday.
In return for free travel benefits and illegal campaign contributions, Adams performed favors for his foreign benefactors, including pressuring the New York Fire Department to allow a Turkish consulate building to open despite serious safety concerns, the indictment says.
The alleged international pay-to-play scheme began after Adams became the Brooklyn borough president in 2014 and helped to underwrite his successful mayoral campaign seven years later, the indictment says. It continued into this year, even after federal officers seized Adams’ electronic devices and raided the home of his chief fundraiser, according to the indictment.
“This was a multiyear scheme to buy favor with a single New York City politician on the rise,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said at a news conference.
The indictment centers on Adams’ relationship with a handful of well-connected Turkish nationals: a senior diplomatic official, a promoter, a university chairman, an airline manager and a luxury hotel owner.
They provided Adams with free travel and entertainment benefits as well as illegal campaign cash, according to federal prosecutors.
5 comments:
Frickin idiot! Don’t he know we have to be perfect?! Clarence Thomas is the only exception…for now. They will get him eventually.
#FREEDIDDY
Ppl outside of NY don't know this man. He has made a lot of enemies with the Black and Yt folks. This is what Yt folks do when they want to get rid of you.
Look at Dump. All those felony charges, attempted assassinations and he is still walking around. Black folks we can't do what they do and get away with it.
Democrats always go after Blacks when they step out of line with them. The man only complained there were too many illegals in his city and less than a year later, his entire career falls apart.
Now they are ready to replace Mr. Adams with a more willing puppet that will not ruffle feathers. There is more to come.
This ugly, dog-faced bum is as crooked as the letter "S". He deserves what's coming to him!
Signed, A Native New Yorker!
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