“I always knew that if I stood my ground for all of you,” Eric Adams told New York City residents in a video released last night, “that I would be a target — and a target I became.” That much, at least, came to pass last night. The Department of Justice issued a sealed indictment for Adams late yesterday, making him the first sitting mayor of the Big Apple to face federal prosecution.
The indictment came after months of probes into corruption in Adams’ administration, but the exact nature of the charges remain unclear. Adams will appear in federal court today, when the court will unseal the indictment. At the moment, rumors claim that the DoJ will allege that Adams took money from Turkey in a scheme to approve their consulate plans. Turkey may not be the only source of funds, either, in developments from earlier in the week:
Federal prosecutors investigating whether Mayor Eric…
