Democratic New York Mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty Friday in a Manhattan courtroom after federal prosecutors indicted him on five federal charges allegedly related to illegal contributions to his 2021 campaign.
New York federal prosecutors secured charges against Adams on Wednesday night, nearly a year after FBI agents seized his electronic devices and raided the top fundraiser's home in November 2023. . Adams appeared before Federal Judge Katherine Parker and pleaded his innocence. allowed to leave the country without paying bail According to Go to NBC News. (Related: Eric Adams claims Biden-Harris administration targeted him after speaking out about 'broken immigration policy')
“He must have no contact with individual witnesses or other persons listed on the list provided by the government regarding the facts and circumstances described in the indictment,” Parker said in court.
Prosecutors have charged the Democratic mayor with one count of “wire fraud, bribery of federal programs, and conspiracy to receive campaign contributions from foreign persons,'' one count of wire fraud, and two counts of solicitation of contributions from foreign persons. of bribery.
Outside court, Adam's lawyer, Alex Spiro, said: spoke He told reporters he planned to file a motion to dismiss and called the incident “not true.”
“The second thing that happened in court today is that we told the court that we will be filing a motion to dismiss next week. We look forward to these charges being dismissed. You remember the Benjamin case, and that case was dismissed on a similar shaky theory,” Spiro said. “Same prosecutors, same theory, but this spectacle was so exciting to them that they wanted to bring these cases again. This case isn't even a real case. This is Airline Upgrade Corruption. It’s an incident.”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has appeared in federal court following his arraignment on bribery and fraud charges. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)
Spiro went on to accuse federal prosecutors of trying to use anonymous staff testimony to build a “shady” case against the Democratic mayor.
“When that official was first interviewed, the official said Mayor Adams knew nothing about this case. He had no involvement in this case and was innocent. They haven't handed it over to us. They haven't handed it over to you,” Spiro said.
Mr. Adam's 57-page indictment was unsealed Thursday by federal prosecutors, which allege that for more than a decade, Mr. Adam received “lavish overseas travel and other payments from wealthy foreign businessmen and at least one Turkish government official. “Solicited and received improper and valuable benefits from… To gain influence over him. ”
Adams' next court appearance is scheduled for Wednesday, NBC reported.
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