“Federal Crimes.” Bomb on Kamala Harris’ campaign –

Judicial bomb for the Democrats 40 days before the US presidential elections pitting Donald Trump against Kamala Harris. New York Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on federal criminal charges, US media reported, following multiple investigations into alleged corruption within his administration and the resignations of several of his close aides. According to the New York Times and other local media, Adams became the first sitting mayor of the largest U.S. city to be indicted, but did not specify the specific charges.

The search of the Gracie Mansion on the Upper East Side began around 6 a.m., hours before the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and officials from the FBI and city Bureau of Investigation announced federal charges against Mr. Adams. At least four federal criminal investigations are underway against the former Democratic policeman, three of them conducted by the Manhattan District Court, which is investigating people from the mayor’s inner circle and high-level members of his administration.

Adams, 64, pleaded “not guilty”: “I always knew that if I defended New Yorkers I would be a target, and I became a target.” “If I am accused, I am innocent and I will fight with all my strength and spirit,” he declared. Details of the indictment are expected to be revealed by federal prosecutors today, according to press reports, which attributed the indictment disclosure to sources familiar with the matter. Adams, who will seek re-election in 2025, has maintained a façade of normalcy throughout the investigation.

The new accusation comes in an already difficult week for the mayor, whose team has been rocked by the resignations of Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan and Education Commissioner David Banks, a close friend whose department runs the city’s public school system , which serves one million students. This resignation, effective at the end of 2024, follows that of NYPD Chief Edward Caban—just a year after he took office—and Adams’ top legal counsel, Lisa Zornberg. Caban, whose electronic devices were seized by federal investigators, stepped aside as federal agents focused on his twin brother’s nightclub security work. Revelations from the investigation have exposed personal and business ties among the mayor’s inner circle, raising conflicts of interest.

Events that threaten to embarrass the Democrats just 40 days before the US presidential elections between Harris and the Republican Trump, who are neck and neck in the polls. Before her indictment was announced, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York was the first national figure to call on Adams to resign “for the good of the city.”