{"id":107319,"date":"2024-09-26T22:47:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T15:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107319"},"modified":"2024-09-26T22:47:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T15:47:32","slug":"nyc-mayor-eric-adams-charged-with-taking-bribes-from-foreign-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107319","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Eric Adams charged with taking bribes from foreign sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 New York City Mayor Eric Adams was indicted Thursday on federal charges alleging that he secured bribes from foreign nationals and illegal campaign contributions in exchange for favors that included helping Turkish officials get fire safety approvals for a new diplomatic building in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Adams, a former captain in the New York City police department, faces conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery charges in a five-count indictment that describes a decade-long trail of crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the corruption case, Adams said he does not plan to resign from his job running the country\u2019s largest city, telling reporters he hopes New Yorkers will wait to hear his legal team\u2019s defense before making any judgments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom here, my attorneys will take care of the case so I can take care of the city,\u201d he said at a hastily assembled news conference outside Gracie Mansion after the charges were made public. \u201cIt\u2019s an unfortunate day. And its a painful day. But inside all of that is a day when we will finally reveal why, for 10 months, I\u2019ve gone through this. And I look forward to defending myself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As Adams and others close to him addressed the media, protesters heckled them, with some chanting \u201cabuse of power\u201d as police circled them and one shouting, \u201cHe\u2019s a corrupt mayor. He deserves to be in handcuffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. attorney\u2019s office in Manhattan alleges in the indictment that Adams \u201cnot only accepted, but sought illegal campaign contributions\u201d to his mayoral campaign. A senior official in the Turkish diplomatic establishment \u201cfacilitated many straw donations\u201d to Adams and arranged for Adams and his companions to receive free or discounted travel on Turkey\u2019s national airline to destinations including France, China, Sri Lanka, India, Hungary, and Turkey, the indictment alleges. <\/p>\n<p>Adams \u201ccompounded his gains\u201d from the illegal campaign contributions by gaming the city\u2019s matching funds program, which provides a generous match for small dollar donations. His campaign received more than $10 million in matching public funds as a result of the false certifications, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n<p>Adams allegedly \u201csolicited and demanded\u201d bribes, including free and heavily discounted luxury travel benefits from a Turkish official, the indictment alleges, noting that the official was seeking Adams\u2019 help pertaining to regulations of the Turkish consulate in Manhattan. Adams created and instructed others to create fake paper trails in order to falsely suggest he had paid for travel benefits that were actually free, prosecutors allege. He also deleted messages with others involved in his misconduct, at one point assuring a co-conspirator that he \u201calways\u201d deleted her text messages, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n<p>The charges were made public hours after FBI agents entered the mayor\u2019s official residence and seized his phone early Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. attorney\u2019s office in Manhattan scheduled a late-morning news conference to discuss the case.<\/p>\n<p>Adams spent 22 years in New York City\u2019s police department before going into politics, first as a state senator and then as Brooklyn borough president. He was elected as the city\u2019s second Black mayor in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul has the power to remove Adams from office. Her spokesperson, Avi Small, issued a statement late Wednesday that said \u201cGovernor Hochul is aware of these concerning news reports and is monitoring the situation. It would be premature to comment further until the matter is confirmed by law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The indictment caps an <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-york-mayor-eric-adams-federal-prosecutors-2887c1f2e7097cb19b17a7d2659135bb\">extraordinary few weeks<\/a><\/span> in New York City, as federal investigators have honed in on members of Adams\u2019 inner circle, producing a drum-beat of raids, subpoenas and high-level resignations that have thrust City Hall into crisis. <\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors are believed to be leading multiple, separate inquiries involving Adams and his senior aides, relatives of those aides, campaign fundraising and possible influence peddling of the police and fire departments.<\/p>\n<p>In the last two weeks alone, the city\u2019s police commissioner and head of the school\u2019s system have announced their resignations.<\/p>\n<p>FBI agents had seized Adams\u2019 electronic devices nearly a year ago as part of an investigation focused, at least partly, on campaign contributions and Adams\u2019 interactions with the Turkish government. Because the charges were sealed, it was unknown whether they dealt with those same matters.<\/p>\n<p>In early September, federal investigators seized devices from his police commissioner, schools chancellor, two deputy mayors and other trusted confidants both in and out of City Hall. <\/p>\n<p>All have denied wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>This story was updated to correct that prosecutors say Adams\u2019 campaign received more than $10 million, not more than $10,000, in matching public funds as a result of the false certifications.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indictment-fbi-5aad135d1808cb9d049fccd74604e5d4\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 New York City Mayor Eric Adams was indicted Thursday on federal charges alleging that he secured bribes from foreign nationals and illegal campaign contributions in exchange &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107319\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}