Eric Adams again saw Turkish trip to raise election funds: Documents
Mayor Eric Adams expressed interest in increasing the campaign donation from Turkish traders during the 2022 dinner, new unheard court documents have been revealed in their rejected corruption case. According to the filing quoted by the New York Post, Adams “welcomed the offer of foreign contribution” and directed a promoter to coordinate with one of his employees to secure the funds for his 2025 re -election.Revelations are part of a contingent of 1,785 pages of court documents made public after legal push by several media outlets. The documents expanded the comprehensive investigation of the FBI into the adams and were collecting the federal prosecutors offering insight into evidence before suddenly rejecting.According to the New York Post, the new unusual records show Adams participated in the January 2022 dinner with two employees, where the idea of Türkiye’s visit to meet potential donors was discussed. The filing notes adams encouraged and encouraged the coordination to arrange the contribution, although documents do not confirm that the journey was ever done or any donation was received.The same set of filing also includes allegations that Adams mislead the federal investigators about the location of his personal cellphone, which was seized during the raid on Gracie -Haveli in September 2024. The FBI recovered several equipment from its residence, including two iPads, another iPhone and an iridium satellite phone.In a swearing -in, an FBI agent accused the mayor of “proof of the consciousness of crime”, alleging that he deliberately hid his phone and made false statements as he feared that the device could reveal evidence of other crimes. Adams allegedly told his lawyer that he had forgotten the passcode of the phone and provided a wrong.The original five-tingle prosecution against Edams, last September, accused him of accepting unannounced gifts in exchange for political favor and more than $ 100,000 in luxury trip. The prosecutors also alleged that they pressurized FDNY to approve the permit for Turkish Consulate in Manhattan despite security concerns. CBS News reported that Adams was accused of using straw donor schemes to tap in millions in the Milan Campaign Fund.Although Adams has denied all the wrongdoings, the case caused a significant decline. Four deputy mayors and several federal prosecutors resigned after a request for controversial dismissal, which Judge Dale Ho criticized as a political bargaining, which cited alleged concessions on immigration policy.Ho finally ruled that the matter would not return to court, describing the proposal of DOJ to dismiss the “smack of a bargain” and saying that it was not appropriate to hang the case at the mayor during an election year.Despite the scam, Adams met US President Trump at the White House on Friday to discuss what he said “major priorities” for New York City, even questions about his conduct continue.
