In an ongoing corruption investigation, federal prosecutors have issued a sequence of subpoenas targeted on New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams’ election marketing campaign in 2021.
In accordance with the New York Occasions, citing 4 folks with data of the matter, the sequence of subpoenas have been issued to Adams, Metropolis Corridor and to his election committee.
The subpoenas, which have been issued in July, requested textual content messages, different communications and paperwork from the mayor and the election capping officers.
The outlet mentioned that the subpoenas additionally requested info on Adams’ journey preparations to China and marketing campaign fundraising.
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Mayor Eric Adams makes public security and quality-of-life-related announcement at 14th Road Y. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket by way of Getty Photographs)
In an announcement to Fox Information, Adams’ workplace mentioned that the mayor has totally cooperated with the continuing investigation.
“As a former member of law enforcement, the mayor has been clear over that last nine months that he will cooperate with any investigation underway,” Fabien Levy, the deputy mayor for communications, mentioned. “Nothing has changed. He expects everyone to cooperate to swiftly bring this investigation to a close.”
Adams’ attorneys, in an announcement to Fox Information, mentioned that they’ve investigated and evaluated the mayor’s marketing campaign paperwork, digital communication and witness interviews.
“Over the past nine months, we have conducted our own investigation of the areas we understand the U.S. Attorney’s Office has been reviewing. Our investigation has included an evaluation of campaign documents, an analysis of tens of thousands of electronic communications, and witness interviews,” Brendan McGuire and Boyd Johnson III mentioned.
“To be clear, we’ve got not recognized any proof of unlawful conduct by the Mayor,” they mentioned. “To the contrary, we have identified extensive evidence undermining the reported theories of federal prosecution as to the Mayor, which we have voluntarily shared with the U.S. Attorney. We continue to cooperate with the investigation and are in the process of responding to the recently issued subpoenas. We continue to look forward to a prompt and just resolution of this investigation.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams holds a press conference at City Hall in June in New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)
The subpoenas are the next step in an ongoing investigation into Adams’ use of a private email addresses and how records from seven trips he made to China have disappeared.
The New York Post, citing a source close to the probe, said the prominent NYC mayor used three private email addresses to arrange his dealings in China on his seven trips to the foreign country.
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At least one of the trips, per the outlet, was partly funded by the Chinese Communist Party.
The private email accounts cannot be traced on New York City government servers, meaning that key details, such as who paid for the trips and with whom he met, remain concealed.
Mayor Eric Adams in Brooklyn on April 5, 2024. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Last year, federal investigators quietly seized the mayor’s cellphones and an iPad as he was leaving an event in Manhattan.
The initial probe is believed to be focused, at least in part, on whether the Adams campaign conspired with the Turkish government to receive illegal campaign contributions from foreign sources, funneled through straw donors, according to a warrant reported on by the New York Times.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the FBI for comment.
