NYC Mayor Was Corrupt for Years, US Claims in Scathing Case
- US says Eric Adams accepted, hid illegal campaign donations
- Adams vows to keep serving as mayor and fight charges
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams engaged in years of sustained corruption, accepting more than $100,000 in lavish bribes from foreign nationals, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan claimed in a scalding indictment.
Adams, charged with bribery, conspiracy and breaking campaign finance laws, is accused of secretly accepting illegal contributions to his 2021 campaign and of taking free flight and hotel upgrades and other gifts without disclosing them as required, repeatedly crossing the law’s “bright red lines.”