The mayor's plea came a day after prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing him of taking $US100,000 in flights and stays in opulent hotel suites from people tied to Türkiye.
His plea comes a day after prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing him of taking $US100,000 in flights and stays in opulent hotel suites from people tied to Türkiye.The first-term Democrat maintains he did nothing wrong and has vowed to stay in office, rebuffing growing calls for him to quit.
Election day on November 5 is shaping up to be an extremely tight race. So when scandals broke out in two US states, both sides of politics took notice. One of Mr Adams's closest City Hall advisers, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, was met at the airport on Friday by investigators from the US Attorney's Office and Manhattan District Attorney's Office after she got off a flight from Japan.The local prosecutors took her phones and searched her house, according to her lawyer, Arthur Aidala.
Top Democrats such as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries have not called on Mr Adams to quit, saying the legal process should be allowed to play out.
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