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Eric Adams charged with taking bribes and foreign campaign contributions
Former police officer is the first sitting New York City mayor to be criminally charged and has vowed to stay in office
Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, has been charged with accepting bribes and illegal campaign contributions from foreign sources after an indictment was filed against the controversial leader of one of the world’s biggest cities.
In a five-count criminal indictment, US prosecutors allege that before and during his terms as mayor Adams “sought and accepted improper valuable benefits, such as luxury international travel, including from wealthy foreign businesspeople and at least one Turkish government official seeking to gain influence over him”.
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