Mayor Eric Adams on Monday insisted he’s “very clear” about telling donors to “follow the rules” when giving to his campaigns for public office, after six contributors to his 2021 bid for mayor were indicted Friday for allegedly orchestrating a straw-donor scheme to funnel city matching funds above the legal limit to his campaign.
“I am very clear, the system that I put in place with my compliance attorney, with my team, we must stand up to scrutiny,” Adams said. “And whoever comes to me, all the time, when you look at the number of New Yorkers that have donated to our campaign, I’m very clear, you must follow the rules. And that hasn’t changed. My conversation is consistent. I can sleep well at night because I know that I’m consistent in what I say to people.”
Adams made the remarks in response to a question about fundraising discussion he may or may not have had with Dwayne Montgomery, one of the alleged ring-leaders of the scheme who he knew from when they served on the NYPD together, during an unrelated press conference on July 10.
Montgomery was named in the indictment — brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office — along with Shamsuddin Riza, Millicent Redick, Ronald Peek, Yahya Mushtan and Shahid Mushta. Also named in the indictment was one entity: EcoSafety Consultants Inc — a site safety management company owned by Yahya Mushtan and Shahid Mushta.
Prosecutors hit the six individuals with charges including conspiracy, attempted grand larceny, offering a false instrument for filing and attempted offering of a false instrument for filing. Montgomery, Riza, Redick and Shahid Mushtaq pleaded not guilty at an arraignment in Manhattan Supreme Court Friday morning, while the other two will be arraigned at a later date.
Adams himself wasn’t named in the indictment and none of the six defendants worked for his campaign, according to Bragg’s office.
The defendants were alleged to
have recruited and bundled contributions from straw donors — those who
are reimbursed for donating to political campaigns in their own names to
skirt legal contribution limits — to illegally extract more money out
of the city’s matching funds program for Adams’ campaign.
The alleged conspirators’ goal was to boost Adams’ into the mayoralty and score lucrative city contracts for businesses they operate.
During the Monday press
conference, the mayor acknowledged he knew Montgomery from their time
serving as Black ranking members of the NYPD, but made clear his former
colleague had not visited him in City Hall since he took office last
year.
Adams did say he would see Montgomery at events, as he used to command the NYPD’s 28th Precinct in Harlem and is well known in the community there.
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Adams is jus another corrupt TrumpTurd.
Free Assange
If this was a red state, he'd be given a medal of honor instead of being indicted.
Show Me the Money !
I was down in Alabama visiting my 3'rd cousin. I noticed three moving trucks with NY plates on the same street. Being a nosy QAnon creep, I went to see what was going on.
The first two trucks had been converted into chicken coops. The third one was converted into a makeshift meth factory. I chatted with the owners. They said they had enough of the woke mentality in New York and decided to set up their chicken farms and meth factory down south, where their lifestyle is more acceptable.
Thank you, New York democrats!
Adams is jus another corrupt TrumpTurd.
Fat Bragg & Swagger are bigger frauds than George Santos!
Take a bow Democrats
Another day, another story, same party - the only thing that changes is the calendar.
Wotta Dope! In way over his head...
It's a bit much to expect a cop to be hones.
Another day, another embarrassing moment from Swagger Man.
His political skills and judgment might be the worst ever.
Think how mad he would get it the press asked him real tough questions.
We should have elected a progressive mayor, not this clown.
The democrats are above the law... you don't know that by now....?
IQ and confidence don't always match up.
Bald guys are great thinkers
I thought the corporate supreme court legalized corruption? If it's ok for Alito and Thomas, it should be ok for the sheeple too.
Sunshine is the best disinfectant ! He will soon be exposed...
Judge Stops Dems From Censoring – Corporate Media MELTS DOWN!
”There is no instance in history when censorship and secrecy have advanced either democracy or public health.”
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9TbjgTtKGQ&ab_channel=TheJimmyDoreShow
Why so fast to indict this clown, while it takes years to get TrumpTurd?
"First we overlook evil, Then we permit evil. Then we legalize evil. Then we promote evil. Then we celebrate evil. Then we persecute those who still call it evil."
Fr. Dwight Longenecker
It's a bit much to expect a cop to be hones.
Adams wasnt a real cop, he was just what the NYPD call a "house rat"
He didnt do squat, I havent a clue how he passed the test or even got that position. Dinkins or Rev.Al must have pulled some strings.
I hear Adams now hates rats, yet had nests of them and garbage, filth on his own front porch in Brooklyn.
The house where he would comes home from the nightclub drunk and park illegal, cockeye sideways with one wheel on the sidewalk.
Great job stupid voters, you have seated the worst jackass in New York Citys history surpassing Boss Tweed.
Whats wrong with people, are the democrats dumping stupid juice in the water supply.
-Ned
www.nra.org
@"Why so fast to indict this clown" Figure it out and think for yourself.
"years to get Trump" For What ? Being A Ham Sandwich.
"fast to indict this clown"
Like Trump said, "Whatever they accuse me of they've actually done".
Eric should have written "The Art of the Deal" .
Some Sheeple can´t even connect the dots on a 2 dot puzzle. So sad.
C'MON MAAAAAANNNN!!!!
Shock horror, nothing will happen...
The walls are closing in this time. And nothing will happen sad very sad.
When voters focus on “identity politics”, you get what you voted for. The voters chose Adams and Hochul and now, as a city and a state, the voters are now paying the price for choosing so poorly.
Here is the problem. Democrats will always vote Democrat. Their parents voted for that party & most more than likely their past generations did the same. It’s like when a family always buys the same auto. Dad bought a Chevy and grandpa bought a Chevy so….. I will buy a Chevy. But, people have to realize that the Democratic Party now endorses and runs on these crazy platforms.
The only real solution is either vote for the other party or leave this state and go to one that has more moderate democrats that have some real values.
It pains me to say this but I don’t think DiBlasio is the worst mayor of all time…
The job is too big for Adams.
He's a lightweight David Dinkins.
Adams has already reached the 'Peter Principle' level of incompetence. He has resorted to the claims of racism and crying disrespect....... A strategy used by those who have no answers and no solutions. His recent shuckin' and jivin' at black churches referring to himself as Kunta Kinte' and 'Toby' prove to me that he is becoming unhinged. Having said that, no sympathy for New Yorkers who put him in office. The same people that gave Deblasio 8 years. You get what you deserve and now it's Dinkins 2.0.
The NYP endorsed this idiot for mayor.
Swagger is wholly convinced of his supposed moral superiority.
There is nothing hateful in telling the truth. Show Us the Money !
He knows how to put old Jewish holocaust survivors in their place.
Is it any easier to stick your head in the sand if your head is bald?
If he had waited a few more days until McCarthy and the House Fascists passed the ACE act. Then we can have even more political corruption than just the usual 3rd world style corruption we normally have with congress and the Supreme Court.
And who says the system isn't rigged???
@"Sunshine is the best disinfectant !"
Yeah, it works great for Cholera, Bubonic Plague, TB, Polio, Smallpox as well as Covid 19. Just ask Dr. NPC_doofus. He'll tell ya.
Still waiting for all those people to drop dead from the vaccine. Waiting for Dr. NPC_doofus, Kennedy Jr. and the QAnon cult to give their timeline for these deaths to occur.
Any day now, I guess ?
President Biden will honor them all at the White House for an upstanding citizen award.
Is anyone still wondering why this city has completely imploded? Inability to govern themselves.
@NRA Ned is back, better than ever.
Where were ya? Shooting kids in a Middle school?
Someone call the Social workers !
@"Is anyone still wondering why this city has completely imploded? Inability to govern themselves."
Only in your wildest imagination. NY is doing just fine. You can relax and let your nurse wheel you around for a while.
All he has to do is create a fake charity and funnel the money to himself. Works for a certain Orange Headed Goon, so it should work for Swagger too.
@"The NYP endorsed this idiot for mayor."
Is that the corporate media? Are you from NY?
@"Is anyone still wondering why this city has completely imploded?"
I presume you are talking about Miami?
Democrats. The government they warn you about is who they really are.
@"Democrats. The government they warn you about is who they really are."
Are you one of those low paid Republican grassroots operatives?
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