Mayor Eric Adams continued to insist Friday that he “did nothing wrong” following the revelation that he was subpoenaed by federal prosecutors in the long-running probe into his 2021 campaign finances.
“I believe that I did nothing wrong,” the NYPD captain-turned-politician told J.R. Giddings on GMGT Live’s “The Reset Talk Show.”
“I’m a former law enforcement person. I believe in following the rules, and I’ve stated it all over and over again. We’re going to turn over any information that is needed to come to a swift conclusion in this review.”
The comments came the day after sources confirmed that Manhattan federal prosecutors had issued orders to City Hall, Adams’ campaign and the mayor himself to turn over documents, text messages and other records tied to the investigation.
The grand jury subpoenas issued in late July, and first reported by The New York Times Thursday night, are connected to the probe that started in 2021 over questionable donations from the Turkish government to Adams’ first mayoral campaign.
Investigators are also eyeing airline upgrades and the fast-tracking of the opening of the Turkish government’s new diplomatic headquarters in Manhattan, sources have said.
But after nine months, little information about the full scope of the probe has been revealed publicly.
Neither the mayor nor anyone in his orbit has been accused of any wrongdoing.
Last November, federal agents raided the home of Adams’ top fundraiser, Brianna Suggs, as well as those of Rana Abbasova, who worked in the mayor’s international affairs office and Cenk Öcal, a staffer on the transition team and a former executive at Turkish Airlines.
The fresh round of subpoenas came a month after sources told The Post in June that a grand jury was reviewing evidence in the corruption probe.
Hours after news broke of the subpoenas, Adams spoke with ABC7 in an interview set to air in full on Sunday, where he tried to downplay the grand jury order, comparing them to records requests.
“The goal is to cooperate and participate with every review that takes place, we want to make sure that we do that,” the mayor said.
“We get countless numbers of [Freedom of Information Law requests]… from all over the city. W don’t broadcast each one we get. That’s the same thing when you get a subpeona. You respond to it appropriately and accordingly. That is exactly what we are doing.”
The records requests, or FOILs, are a common tool used by reporters to obtain public records from the administration.
