New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been shit with a series of subpoenas focused on his election campaign in 2021.
Citing four people with knowledge of the matter, the New York Times reports that Adams, City Hall, and his election committee have been requested to submit text messages, other communications, and documents from the mayor and the election capping officials.
The subpoenas also requested information on Adams’ travel arrangements to China and campaign fundraising.
In a statement, Adams’ office said that the mayor has fully cooperated with the ongoing investigation, per Fox News:
“As a former member of law enforcement, the mayor has been clear over the last nine months that he will cooperate with any investigation underway,” Fabien Levy, the deputy mayor for communications, said.
“Nothing has changed. He expects everyone to cooperate to swiftly bring this investigation to a close.”
Adams’ attorneys said they have investigated and evaluated the mayor’s campaign documents, electronic communication, and witness interviews.
“Over the past nine months, we have conducted our own investigation of the areas we understand the U.S. Attorney’s Office has been reviewing,” Brendan McGuire and Boyd Johnson III said.
“Our investigation has included an evaluation of campaign documents, an analysis of tens of thousands of electronic communications, and witness interviews.”
“To be clear, we have not identified any evidence of illegal conduct by the Mayor,” they said.
“To the contrary, we have identified extensive evidence undermining the reported theories of federal prosecution as to the Mayor, which we have voluntarily shared with the U.S. Attorney.”
“We continue to cooperate with the investigation and are in the process of responding to the recently issued subpoenas. We continue to look forward to a prompt and just resolution of this investigation.
The subpoenas come amid the ongoing investigation into Adams’ use of private email addresses and how the trips he made to China vanished from records.
The New York Post reported that the mayor sent three private email addresses to arrange his dealings in China on his seven trips to foreign countries.
At least one of the trips was partly funded by the Chinese Communist Party.
The private email accounts cannot be traced on New York City government servers, which means key details cannot be revealed.
Federal investigators seized the mayor’s cellphones and an iPad while leaving an event in Manhattan in 2023.
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