Mayor Eric Adams faces corruption charges. Here are the key moments that led to his indictment.
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Nov. 2, 2023: The F.B.I. raids the home of the chief fund-raiser to Mayor Eric Adams.
Nov. 2, 2023: The F.B.I. raids the homes of an aide in the mayor's international affairs office and a former Turkish Airlines executive who served on his transition team.
Nov. 6, 2023: The F.B.I. seizes the mayor's phones and iPad.
Nov. 28, 2023: Adams announces that his chief fund-raiser is out.
Feb. 5, 2024: A retired police inspector pleads guilty to funneling illegal funds to the mayor's campaign.
Feb. 29, 2024: The F.B.I. searches the homes of the mayor's Asian affairs adviser, who was a prominent fund-raiser for his campaign.
July 2024: Federal prosecutors serve a new round of subpoenas to the mayor, his election committee and City Hall.
Sept. 4, 2024: Federal agents seize the phones of the police commissioner, the first deputy mayor, the schools chancellor and others.
Sept. 12, 2024: The police commissioner resigns.
Sept. 15, 2024: The mayor's chief counsel resigns.
Sept. 16, 2024: Two former Fire Department chiefs are arrested on bribery charges.
Sept. 21, 2024: Federal agents search the home of the interim police commissioner.
Sept. 23, 2024: The city's health commissioner says he will resign.
Sept. 23, 2024: It is reported for the first time that federal prosecutors are looking into the mayor's dealings with five countries besides Turkey. The other countries are Israel, China, Qatar, South Korea and Uzbekistan.
Sept. 24, 2024: The schools chancellor says he will resign.
Sept. 25, 2024: Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes the most prominent elected official to call for Adams's resignation.
Sept. 25, 2024: News of Mayor Eric Adams's indictment is made public.
It is reported for the first time that federal prosecutors are looking into the mayor's dealings with five countries besides Turkey. The other countries are Israel, China, Qatar, South Korea and Uzbekistan.
Undoubtedly a dumb question, but what are these countries getting in exchange? I get that Israel is entrenched in our politics and has interest in maintaining that, but even for them there's got to be a reason they wouldn't just do this through AIPAC like every US politician.
The ruling class really prefers if their stooges stay within the box they set. plus, mayors go down all the time - it's a good zero calorie snack that soothes discontent about the immunity of the political class.
This is like corrupt pol micro fiction crime story. I quoted only the article subheader and the article subheaders which have dates.
Undoubtedly a dumb question, but what are these countries getting in exchange? I get that Israel is entrenched in our politics and has interest in maintaining that, but even for them there's got to be a reason they wouldn't just do this through AIPAC like every US politician.
Real estate maybe
Why is the host attacking itself? What’s their need for doing this
The ruling class really prefers if their stooges stay within the box they set. plus, mayors go down all the time - it's a good zero calorie snack that soothes discontent about the immunity of the political class.