"Mayor Eric Adams. Photo by Dean Moses Mayor Eric Adams soon to be ex-Mayor Adams is the first sitting mayor of New York City to be indicted for criminal conduct. Despite his blatant corruption, he was miraculously saved from accountability by the unsavory quid pro quo of Trump's Justice Department: we'll drop the charges against you if you help us round up get rid of immigrants."
"And so, last April, with the reluctant consent of an unhappy judge, the federal charges against Adams for bribery, wire fraud and illegal campaign contributions disappeared. Still, the stench from this egregious deal, along with the highly publicized corruption charges against his close associates, didn't go away, and destroyed Adams' chances for re-election. But the allegations in the lengthy federal indictment are still there; and they won't go away."
"The federal indictment alleged that Adams accepted illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel benefits from foreign sources, including Turkish officials, and used straw donors to secure public matching funds for his campaign. But this is the point: every federal crime charged in the indictment is also a violation of New York State law. And every one of those federal crimes, in my opinion, can be proved convincingly beyond any reasonable doubt in a New York State courtroom."
Mayor Eric Adams was the first sitting New York City mayor indicted on federal criminal charges alleging bribery, wire fraud, and illegal campaign contributions. Federal charges were dismissed after a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that linked charge resolution to cooperation on immigration enforcement. The indictment alleges Adams accepted illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel from foreign sources, including Turkish officials, and used straw donors to obtain public matching funds. Each federal offense has close parallels in New York Penal Law, including bribery, receiving a reward for official misconduct, grand larceny, and filing a false instrument. Manhattan prosecutors have already charged several close associates on related corruption counts. State prosecutors could plausibly prove these violations beyond a reasonable doubt in New York courts.
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