Federal prosecutors made public a criminal indictment that accuses Mayor Eric Adams of bribery and fraud beginning long before he became mayor. The charges capped 10 months of apprehension and anxiety that had swirled around the mayor ever since the day the F.B.I. told his security detail to step aside, climbed into his S.U.V. with him as he was leaving an event and seized his phones and iPad.
The indictment outlined what they called a scheme to solicit illegal foreign campaign donations. The indictment said that Adams had accepted more than $100,000 in graft and had used his power to help Turkey.
Adams is set to appear before a federal magistrate judge. A lawyer for the mayor has asked the judge to move the hearing to early next week. When his arraignment takes place, Adams will enter a plea, presumably of not guilty.
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