American prosecutors have presented a motion to withdraw charges against New York City, Eric Adams, who accused him of bribery and fraud as part of a “long duration” scheme to enrich themselves while working with foreign officials.

The request to eliminate charges will require the approval of a judge.

It is alleged that Adams accepted illegal gifts worth more than $ 100,000 (£ 75,000) of Turkish citizens and at least one government official.

Adams, a former police captain, denied having acted badly and declared himself innocent.

This is what we know.

At the beginning of February, an order from the Attorney General’s Attorney General Emil Bove, who was appointed by Donald Trump, said the accusation had “restricted” the mayor’s ability to address “illegal immigration and violent crimes” in the city.

Bove ordered local federal prosecutors to withdraw the charges, which caused a violent reaction of the group of experienced lawyers who issued statements that oppose the measure.

More than half a dozen prosecutors said they would reject the order, because the Department of Justice had not provided sufficient legal justification to withdraw the charges.

According to Reuters, the interim deputy called prosecutors to a room on February 14 and threatened to fire anyone who did not execute the order.

“No orderly freedom system can allow the government to use the carrot of dismissed charges, or the stick to threaten to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support their policy objectives,” wrote a prosecutor, made, qualified, in a resignation. letter.

“If no lawyer from the president is willing to give him that advice, then I hope you eventually find someone who is a fool or sufficient coward, to present their motion,” he continued.

Another prosecutor who resigned from the order, Danielle Sassoon, said that Adams lawyers met with officials of the Department of Justice and requested a “Quid Pro quo”, saying that the mayor of the city of New York could help enforce the Trump immigration policies if the case against him was dismissed.

Adams denied his statement, telling Fox News that he accused him of “a crime.”

Eric Adams faces five separate criminal charges, including “conspiracy to commit fraud to the cable, bribery of the federal program and receiving campaign contributions from foreign citizens”, fraud to the cable, two requests for requesting a contribution by a national foreigner and bribery .

According to the accusation of 57 pages, it is alleged that ADAMS accep New York from Brooklyn.

In a case, for example, it is alleged that Adams received a “very discounted” stay at the “Bentley Sala of the Sta regis hotel in Istanbul, paying $ 600 for a two -day visit that was valued at approximately $ 7,000.

In addition, it is alleged that ADAMS sought campaign contributions from Turkish Fuentes for its 2021 mayor’s election campaign.

None of this was declared publicly, and the prosecutors said that Adams used “straw donors” to hide the money sources, sometimes created “false paper paths” who suggested that he paid or intended to pay for gifts.

One of the charges in the accusation, electronic fraud, derives from accusations that Adams devised a scheme to obtain money “making false and fraudulent pretensions” in their treatment.

Specifically, prosecutors affirm that the money that Adams obtained from Turkey allowed him to qualify for a public financing program that provides eligible political candidates with funds to match donations from residents of New York City.

As part of the initiative, known as the Matorist Funds Program, candidates are prohibited from accepting contributions from people who are not US citizens or legal residents, as well as foreign corporations and entities and organizations.

According to the presentation of the Department of Justice, Adams fraudulently obtained up to $ 2,000 in public funds for each illegal contribution.

In exchange for the contributions of the campaign and luxurious trips, it is alleged that Adams responded to a variety of concerns of Turkish citizens and at least one government official.

In 2016, for example, the accusation said that Adams would be told that ties with a Turkish community center in Brooklyn after a Turkish official told him that he was affiliated with a group “hostile” to the government of Turkey.

According to reports, that Turkish official also told him that he could no longer associate with the center if he wanted to continue receiving “support” from the Turkey government.

In another case in 2021, prosecutors alleged that Adams, at the request of a Turkish diplomat, also press of the president of Turkey, without a fire inspection.

The fire department official responsible for the evaluation of the Consulate of Rascacielos was told that he would lose his job if he did not approve the building, prosecutors alleged.

In that case, the accusation states that a Turkish official told Adams that it was “his turn to pay.”

“After Adams intervened, the skyscraper opened as requested by the Turkish official,” says the accusation.

Adams has denied these statements, saying: “I know I don’t take money from foreign donors.”

In theory, Adams faces a long prison sentence for charges.

The wire fraud count only entails a maximum sentence of 20 years, while both positions of requesting campaign contributions from foreign citizens have a maximum sentence of five years.

The bribery position entails a maximum position of 10 years in prison.

The remaining position, “conspiracy to commit electronic fraud, bribery of the federal program and receive campaign contributions from foreign citizens” entails a maximum sentence of five years.

In the short term, positions could still boost Adams’ political future before their 2025 re -election offer.

The governor of the state of New York, Kathy Hochul, has the power to eliminate Adams from office.

While he has not said that he would take such measures, he also indicated on Friday that he has not completely ruled out.