Continued from Part 1.
You can read the full indictment here; or, to quote a friend, “I kinda love these days where I’m gonna read probably an entire indictment but only on single tweet chunks lol.” Let’s go.
New York City has a matching funds program that matches small-dollar contributions from individual City residents with up to eight times their amount in public funds, to give New Yorkers a greater voice in elections. ADAMS and those working at his direction falsely certified compliance … as a result of those false certifications, ADAMS’s 2021 mayoral campaign received more than $10,000,000 in public funds.
The vast majority of the 57-page document involves pretty over-the-counter corruption between his office and the government of Turkey.
The Adams Staffer replied, “I think he wouldn’t get involved in such games. They might cause a big stink later on,” but “I’ll ask anyways.” The Adams Staffer then asked, “how much do you think would come from you? $?” The Promoter responded, ”Max $100K.” The Adams Staffer wrote, “100K? Do you have a chance to transfer that here? … We can’t do it while Eric is in Turkey,” to which the Promoter replied, ”Let’s think.”
In addition, in March 2019, while exchanging text messages to plan another possible to trip to Turkey in which the Airline Manager would arrange travel for ADAMS, the Adams Staffer texted ADAMS, “To be o[n the] safe side Please Delete all messages you send me.” ADAMS responded, “Always do.”
In Janua1y 202 l, the Turkish Official messaged the Adams Staffer, asking for a meeting with ADAMS. The Turkish Official and the Adams Staffer then exchanged the following messages:
Adams Staffer:
What will the topic be?
Turkish Official:
The election
that’s what
Adams Staffer:
okay
For example, during the July and August 2017 trip, Adams’s Partner was surprised to learn that ADAMS was in Turkey when she had understood him to be flying from New York to France. ADAMS responded, in a text message, “Transferring here. You know first stop is always instanbul [sic].”
When Adams’s Partner later inquired about planning a trip to Easter Island, Chile, ADAMS repeatedly asked her whether the Turkish Airline could be used for their flights, requiring her to call the Turkish Airline to confirm that they did not have routes between New York and Chile.
The Turkish Official responded, “You are Great Eric, we are so happy to hear that. 🙏🙏 You are a true friend of Turkey.” ADAMS replied, “Yes even more a true friend of yours. You are my brother. I am hear [sic] to help.”
At one point during het· voluntary interview, the Adams Staffer excused herself to a bathroom and, while there, deleted the encrypted messaging applications she had used to communicate with ADAMS, the Promoter, the Turkish Official, the Airline Manager, and others.
His response to the charges went off about as smoothly as the whole doing crimes business did.
At the risk of implying this is all a joke, it is worth calling out the real lives – his constituents, public servants, taxpayers – failed by this guy.
Thank you, Mayor Adams, for giving us a chance to come together in joy, and thank you also for this:
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