City Hall confirmed that Adams had received subpoenas as part of a federal investigation. Legal experts told Gothamist the case may be nearing its end.
As Democrats prepare to go prime time for their national convention in Chicago next week, Mayor Eric Adams finds himself facing an unwanted spotlight stemming from a federal investigation that legal experts say could soon come to a head.late Thursday that Adams and his campaign received subpoenas last month as part of a federal corruption investigation. City Hall
Carrie Cohen, a former corruption prosecutor who worked on the case that convicted Sheldon Silver, the former state Assembly speaker, said while there’s no specific time limit, she would estimate that 9 to 12 months after serving subpoenas “would be the time to close out an investigation or seek indictments from the grand jury.”
“To be clear, we have not identified any evidence of illegal conduct by the mayor,” the statement read. “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.” It’s unclear how much the investigation will register with Democrats at the convention, said Basil Smikle, a political strategist and MSNBC analyst, “but it does make asserting himself as a national leader more difficult.”.” Last year, President Joe Biden’s campaign dropped him as a surrogate after he criticized the president’s handling of migration at the US southern border.
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