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Lawyering up. A potential massive corruption. And why did he travel to Turkey so often?
Six days after F.B.I. agents searched the home of Mayor Eric Adamsās chief campaign fund-raiser, the mayor used his first open question-and-answer session with reporters since the raid to insist that he had done nothing wrong.
He greeted the City Hall press corps with a broad smile and laughed at a question about his own potential vulnerability to criminal charges.
āI cannot tell you how much I start the day with telling my team, āWeāve got to follow the law, got to follow the law,ā almost to the point that I am annoying,ā Mr. Adams said.
Itās not the first time that someone in Mr. Adamsās inner circle has had trouble with the law. Since becoming mayor, he has seen the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, indict his former buildings commissioner for conspiracy and bribetaking. Two months earlier, Mr. Bragg indicted six people, including a retired police inspector with whom he worked and socialized, on charges of conspiring to funnel illegal donations to the mayorās first mayoral campaign.
Mr. Adamsās proximity to criminal inquiries drew closer last week, when federal agents conducted a pre-dawn raid on the home of Brianna Suggs, the 25-year-old former intern whom Mr. Adams elevated to a lofty fund-raising position in his campaign, despite her inexperience. Federal authorities are now investigating whether Mr. Adamsās 2021 campaign for mayor received illegal donations from the Turkish government.
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Six days after F.B.I. agents searched the home of Mayor Eric Adamsās chief campaign fund-raiser, the mayor used his first open question-and-answer session with reporters since the raid to insist that he had done nothing wrong.
He greeted the City Hall press corps with a broad smile and laughed at a question about his own potential vulnerability to criminal charges.
āI cannot tell you how much I start the day with telling my team, āWeāve got to follow the law, got to follow the law,ā almost to the point that I am annoying,ā Mr. Adams said.
Itās not the first time that someone in Mr. Adamsās inner circle has had trouble with the law. Since becoming mayor, he has seen the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, indict his former buildings commissioner for conspiracy and bribetaking. Two months earlier, Mr. Bragg indicted six people, including a retired police inspector with whom he worked and socialized, on charges of conspiring to funnel illegal donations to the mayorās first mayoral campaign.
Mr. Adamsās proximity to criminal inquiries drew closer last week, when federal agents conducted a pre-dawn raid on the home of Brianna Suggs, the 25-year-old former intern whom Mr. Adams elevated to a lofty fund-raising position in his campaign, despite her inexperience. Federal authorities are now investigating whether Mr. Adamsās 2021 campaign for mayor received illegal donations from the Turkish government.
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Mayor Adams Denies Wrongdoing and Retains Lawyer After Federal Raid
In his first open media availability since agents raided his chief fund-raiserās home, Eric Adams insisted he often reminds his team, āWeāve got to follow the law.ā
