Just days after New York City Mayor Eric Adams was indicted on federal charges that could cost him decades in jail, prosecutors told a federal judge it was "quite likely" there would be a second superseding indictment outlining more alleged crimes. All around him, Adams saw his top lieutenants' phones seized and homes searched, yet the former NYPD captain was resolute at his first weekly press conference after the indictment: He wasn’t going anywhere.
In the 57-page indictment filed by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, prosecutors alleged that, going back to his time as Brooklyn borough president in the 2010s, Adams pulled in more than $100,000 in illicit benefits that included international flight upgrades and luxury accommodations from Turkish officials, while organizing a network of illegal "straw donors" that enabled him to defraud the taxpayers of more than $10 million in public campaign financing.
