New York City Mayor Eric Adams is setting up a legal defense fund as the FBI and the US attorney's office for the Southern District of New York continue a wide-ranging public corruption investigation into his 2021 campaign.
Unlike typical campaign donation accounts, the fund will be monitored by the city's Conflict of Interest Board, an independent agency tasked with enforcing the city's conflict of interest code among city employees.
An affidavit signed by Adams this week said the Eric Adams Legal Defense Trust is necessitated by and intended to defray legal expenses in connection with the inquiries by the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York related to the operations of the Adams 2021 mayoral campaign committee.
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