(AFP) – US investigators have issued new subpoenas to the mayor of New York as part of a corruption inquiry linked to his 2021 election campaign, the New York Times reported Thursday.
Three federal subpoenas were issued in July to Adams, City Hall, and his election committee, each seeking a broad range of potential evidence including cell phone messages and physical documents, the title reported. Adams, the second Black mayor of the US financial capital, has been dogged by a slew of scandals, including a sexual assault allegation and claims of corruption.
The FBI and local prosecutors have been investigating whether a New York construction firm, alleged to have ties to the Turkish government, used fronts to donate money to Adams’s mayoral election campaign that saw him take office in 2022.
“Like previous administrations that had to go through subpoenas, you participate, you cooperate,” Adams told the ABC7 New York broadcaster. “I’ve made it clear, I’m a former law enforcement officer, I’ve stated over and over again — I hold myself beyond reproach.”
The FBI declined to comment, and the prosecutor’s office overseeing the probe also did not answer calls for comment. Adams has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
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