Mayor Eric Adams has repeatedly denied wrongdoing as he faced a federal investigation.
Adams claims he’s being persecuted by the feds speaking out against NYC’s migrant crisis.
New York’s City Hall. Mayor Eric Adams is the first sitting mayor to face a federal indictment in the city’s history.
Adams’ top campaign fundraiser Brianna Suggs also faces charges in the foreign influence case — one of several federal probes swirling around the mayor and his inner circle.
Now-former NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban (center) and top Adams aide Tim Pearson (right) are targets of federal probe.
Adams claims he’s being persecuted by the feds speaking out against NYC’s migrant crisis.
New York’s City Hall. Mayor Eric Adams is the first sitting mayor to face a federal indictment in the city’s history.
Adams’ top campaign fundraiser Brianna Suggs also faces charges in the foreign influence case — one of several federal probes swirling around the mayor and his inner circle.
Now-former NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban (center) and top Adams aide Tim Pearson (right) are targets of federal probe.
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00:01Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a grand jury on charges connected to a federal probe,
00:06sources told The Post, as the defiant mayor claimed he was being persecuted by the federal
00:10government for speaking about the city's migrant crisis.
00:13The historic indictment the first for a sitting New York City mayor is expected to be unsealed
00:18Thursday by U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, according to the sources.
00:21The news was first reported by The New York Times.
00:25Adams will surrender to authorities early next week, sources said.
00:28I always knew that if I stood my ground for New Yorkers that I would be a target and a
00:32target, I became Adams said in a statement to The Post.
00:36If I am charged, I am innocent, and I will fight this with every ounce of my strength
00:39and spirit.
00:41In a video statement released later, Adams said he wouldn't step down and pledge to fight
00:45these injustices with every ounce of my strength and spirit.
00:48I will request an immediate trial so that New Yorkers can hear the truth.
00:52New Yorkers know my story.
00:53They know where I come from.
00:55I have been fighting injustice my entire life, he continued.
00:58That fight is continued as your mayor.
01:00Despite our police, when the federal government did nothing as its broken immigration policies
01:04overloaded our shelter system with no relief, I put the people of New York before party
01:09and politics.
01:10A rep for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, which is prosecuting
01:14the case, declined to comment.
01:17Sources told The Post that two others- Adams' top campaign fundraiser Brianna Suggs and
01:21his director of Asian affairs Winnie Greco- are expected to be named in the indictment.
01:25At least three others are also expected to be charged, however, The Post could not immediately
01:29confirm their identities.
01:32Following news of the indictment, cops set up barriers outside Gracie Mansion, the mayor's
01:36home, and forced reporters back from the house.
01:39Details about the exact accusations remained unclear, but are believed to be connected
01:43to allegations of the Turkish government illegally funneling money into his mayoral campaign
01:47in exchange for approval of the Turkish consulate in Manhattan, according to sources.
01:52It's also uncertain how the indictment is related to a sweeping set of September 4 raids
01:56that targeted several high-profile Adams administration officials, which sent City Hall into a week's
02:01long tailspin, as news reports emerged of investigations focused on alleged corruption
02:05by the mayor's inner circle.
02:07By Wednesday morning, word had spread that a senior City Hall official soon would be
02:11indicted, sending staff into a panic throughout the day, insiders said.
02:15The indictment's unveiling will come after federal prosecutors recently demanded City
02:19Hall cough up all communications between the Adams administration, Turkey and five other
02:23foreign countries, amid the long-running probe.
02:26Adams' 2021 campaign had previously been served with subpoenas for information on its campaign
02:31donations, specifically those that had ties to Turkey, sources told The Post.
02:36Sprawling record requests then came in a July batch of subpoenas seeking details on all
02:40interactions between admin officials in Israel, China, Qatar, South Korea and Uzbekistan,
02:45the sources added.
02:46Adams, City Hall and his election committee were also hit with grand jury subpoenas that
02:50same month with the feds obtaining text messages, documents and other communications and materials.
02:56Adams has been a vocal critic on the Biden administration's soft immigration policies,
03:01as the Big Apple was flooded with more than 250,000 migrants since 2022, accusing the
03:06federal government of leaving New York to fend for itself.
03:09The national government has turned its back on New York City, he said early 2023.
03:14He also said the White House needs to appoint a person who would dedicate it to a decompression
03:18strategy at the border.
03:20The migrant crisis is expected to cost the city upwards of $12 billion by 2026, and Adams
03:25has repeatedly pleaded for Washington to provide more funds to Gotham.
03:30I am lost.
03:31I am confused on this topic on why we still, almost 20 months later, we're still talking
03:35about this issue, and it is inundated the city Adams told Fox 5 in December 2023.
03:41The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York had remained tight-lipped
03:44about the probe ever since it burst into view last November, with a dramatic raid on top
03:48Adams fundraiser Brianna Sugg's Brooklyn home.
03:52The raid which sought evidence of straw-donor kickbacks by the Turkish government and the
03:55Williamsburg-based construction company KSK Construction Group into Adams' mayoral campaign
04:00prompted hisner to scurry back from a much-publicized White House meeting on the migrant crisis.
04:05The feds subsequently raided the homes of City Hall staffer Rana Abasova and Senkosal,
04:10a former Turkish Airlines executive who worked on Adams' transition team.
04:14The raid which sought evidence of straw-donor kickbacks by the Turkish government and the
04:17Williamsburg-based construction company KSK Construction Group into Adams' mayoral campaign
04:22prompted hisner to scurry back from a much-publicized White House meeting on the migrant crisis.
04:28The feds subsequently raided the homes of City Hall staffer Rana Abasova and Senkosal,
04:32a former Turkish Airlines executive who worked on Adams' transition team.