Mayor Eric Adams’ celebrity attorney Alex Spiro accused federal prosecutors Monday of bringing forth an indictment full of falsehoods — and breaking the law by leaking the case out to the press the night before the historic indictment was unsealed. Alex Spiro, in a Sept. 30 news conference at his Manhattan offices, argued that the 57-page indictment charging Adams with conspiracy, bribery, soliciting foreign campaign donations, and wire fraud is “not a real case.
” The news conference came on the heels of Adams’ legal team filing a motion requesting the federal court toss out the bribery charge against the mayor. Spiro—a high-priced attorney who has represented celebrities including Jay-Z and Elon Musk—then alleged that the mayor’s office, not the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) Damian Williams’ office, violated the law by leaking details of the mayor’s indictment to the media last Wednesday night. “The prosecutors, having just typed up that indictment .
.. they’re just so excited that they had to leak it to the media,” Spiro said.
“When they did that, they violated their ethical obligations. Violating grand jury secrecy is a criminal act.” Nicholas Biase, an SDNY spokesperson, declined to comment on Spiro’s allegations.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams holds press conference on Delaware Aqueduct Bypass at Queens Museum on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office In the indictment, federal prosecu.
