Sept. 27 (UPI) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams was in a Manhattan court Friday morning facing a series of legal charges following a sprawling indictment after a months-long investigation.
“I follow the rules, I follow the law,” Adams said Friday morning outside Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the city’s mayor. “I do not do anything that’s going to participate in illegal campaign activity.”
The troubled mayor, a former police officer, will see a scheduled 12 p.m. EDT arraignment where he will be processed and read his legal rights.
Adams, 64, was indicted by the federal government on five charges, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals; wire fraud; bribery and two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national.
The 57-page indictment lists 23 specific “overt acts” related to just the conspiracy charges alone.
