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A reported prisoner transport vehicle left Gracie Mansion a short while ago, according to Fox5’s Robert Moses.
New York City mayor’s residence raided in early morning after reports of federal indictment
Good morning,
Federal agents raided New York City mayor Eric Adams’ Gracie Mansion residence on the Upper East Side in the early hours of Thursday after reports emerged of the mayor being hit with a federal indictment.
The raid included a group of nearly a dozen men and women in suits entering the property, with several carrying briefcases, backpacks or duffel bags, the New York Times reports.
In a statement following the raid, a lawyer for Adams said, “Federal agents appeared this morning at Gracie Mansion in an effort to create a spectacle (again) and take Mayor Adams phone (again)… He has not been arrested and looks forward to his day in court. They send a dozen agents to pick up a phone when we would have happily turned it in.”
Although the indictment res sealed, reports are emerging that it includes allegations of foreign influence and corruption, particularly possible illegal campaign donations from the Turkish government.
Adams has tained his innocence, saying in a video address late Wednesday night, “If I am charged, I am innocent and I will fight this with every ounce of my strength and spirit.”
Here are other developments in US politics:
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Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are set to meet at the White House today as Biden announced more than $8 million in new military aid to Ukraine.
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Donald Trump and state prosecutors will make an appearance in a New York appeals court today over his $454 million civil fraud judgement.
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The senate has voted unanimously to hold the CEO of Steward Health Care, the bankrupt hospital chain, in criminal contempt for failing to comply with a congressional subpeona.
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