New York City Mayor has a catchphrase of sorts he likes to bandy about when : “Dyslexic, arrested, rejected—now I’m elected!” As of Thursday morning, the former police captain turned leader of America’s largest city can add another word to his jingle: “Indicted.” The announcement of federal charges against Adams is not a truly stunning turn of events, not when the storm clouds have been for months. But it can at least fall under the category of “deeply ironic.
” Adams was once heralded as a of the Democratic Party, an answer to the leftward tilt that some commentators thought was damaging the party’s brand with swing voters. As an ex-cop, Adams channeled a deluge of funding to his former colleagues at the New York Police Department in the name of fighting crime — but it turns out he was allegedly lining his own pockets without any sign of cognitive dissonance. Even before the charges were unsealed, Adams issued a defiant statement denying any wrongdoing.
“I always knew that if I stood my ground for [New Yorkers] that I would be a target — and a target I became,” , doing his best impression of former President Donald Trump. After all, how could he be guilty if his only crime was caring too much for the well being of the city? But that was far from the allegations in the indictment against Adams that the Justice Department unsealed on Thursday morning. He is : conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributi.
