Federal prosecutors who indicted Mayor Adams on corruption charges last year allege they have uncovered “additional criminal conduct” that the mayor and others engaged in.
The prosecutors from the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office wrote in a court filing late Monday they unearthed evidence of the conduct as part of their “ongoing investigation” into the mayor’s ties to Turkey’s government .
The feds didn’t elaborate on what the conduct in question is or who the other individuals are.
The disclosure comes after the feds in October — days after first charging Adams with bribery and other crimes — said it was “quite likely” they would bring a superseding indictment and it was “possible” it could include additional counts against the mayor.
Since then, Adams’ defense attorney , Alex Spiro, has accused prosecutors of overplaying their hand, writing in a filing last month that the “incriminating evidence” they planned to base their superseding indictment on “does not exist.”
Monday’s filing from the prosecutors came in response to that claim from Spiro and indicates they are still pursuing a potential superseding indictment.