Federal agents searched New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s home at 6 AM ET:
At about 6 a.m. on Thursday, nearly a dozen men and women dressed in business attire arrived in S.U.V.s outside the entrance of Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s official residence, on the Upper East Side. At least one vehicle had a federal law enforcement parking placard on its dashboard. They carried briefcases, backpacks and bags.A lawyer for Mr. Adams, Alex Spiro, issued a statement on Thursday saying that the agents had come for the mayor’s phone, even though investigators had taken some electronic devices from him last year.In a statement sent by email, Mr. Spiro said: “Federal agents appeared this morning at Gracie Mansion in an effort to create a spectacle (again) and take Mayor Adams phone (again). He has not been arrested and looks forward to his day in court. They send a dozen agents to pick up a phone when we would have happily turned it in.”
I will keep an eye on this story.
The New York Times reported last night that Adams has been indicted after a lengthy federal corruption investigation. I explained it in my post late last night.
Rumors swirled that police could arrest Adams today.
After the news broke, Adams released this statement:
ADAMS: “My fellow New Yorkers, it is now my belief that the federal government intends to charge me with crimes. If so, these charges will be entirely false, based on lies. But they would not be surprising. I always knew that if I stood my ground for all of you, that I would be a target, and a target I became. For months, leaks and rumors have been aimed at me in an attempt to undermine my credibility and paint me as guilty. Just this past week, they searched the home of our new police commissioner, looking for documents from 20 years ago, just one week after he joined my administration. Enough! I will fight these injustices with every ounce of my strength and my spirit.”
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