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Mayor Eric Adams continued to insist Friday that he did “nothing wrong” following the revelation that he was subpoenaed by federal prosecutors in the long-running probe into his 2021 campaign finances.

“It takes a great deal of discipline to not say something when you know you’ve done nothing wrong,” the NYPD captain-turned-politician told reporters in the City Hall rotunda.

“I’ve been clear over and over again, I’m a former law enforcement person, we’re going to follow the rules… and whatever information we can give to show that we complied with the rules,” Adams said as made the rare move of taking questions during an unrelated press conference, which was announced just two hours earlier on Friday afternoon.

“We are going to follow the process and come out on the other side.”


  Mayor Eric Adams along with his campaign and City Hall were issued subpoenas in late July. Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock Mayor Eric Adams along with his campaign and City Hall were issued subpoenas in late July. Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock

The mayor laughed and did not respond when asked by The Post if he was personally asked to testify before the grand jury.

Pressed later, the mayor’s chief counsel, Lisa Zornberg, told reporters she had “no knowledge” of anyone in the admin having appeared before the grand jury.  

The comments came the day after sources confirmed that Manhattan federal prosecutors had issued orders to City Hall, Adams’ campaign and the mayor himself to turn over documents, text messages and other records tied to the investigation.

The grand jury subpoenas issued in late July, and first reported by The New York Times Thursday night, are connected to the probe that started in 2021 over questionable donations from the Turkish government to Adams’ first mayoral campaign.

Investigators are also eyeing airline upgrades and the fast-tracking of the opening of the Turkish government’s new diplomatic headquarters in Manhattan, sources have said.

But nine months after the feds made the probe public, little information about the full scope of the investigation has been revealed.

Neither the mayor nor anyone in his orbit has been accused of any wrongdoing.

Last November, federal agents raided the home of Adams’ top fundraiser, Brianna Suggs, as well as those of Rana Abbasova, who worked in the mayor’s international affairs office and Cenk Öcal, a staffer on the transition team and a former executive at Turkish Airlines.

The fresh round of subpoenas came a month after sources told The Post in June that a grand jury was reviewing evidence in the corruption probe.

Zornberg, during the presser about a tentative probation officers’ union contract, said that City Hall has been “so cooperative” with the investigation — and was asked why the subpoenas had then been issued by the feds.


  The subpoenas are connected to the probe that started in 2021 over questionable donations from the Turkish government to Adams’ first mayoral campaign. Brigitte Stelzer The subpoenas are connected to the probe that started in 2021 over questionable donations from the Turkish government to Adams’ first mayoral campaign. Brigitte Stelzer

“What I can tell you, as a former 16-year veteran of that office, is that subpoenas are an incredibly common tool for gathering evidence and documents,” she said. “They are frequently issued where parties are giving documents voluntarily.”

Hours after news broke of the subpoenas, Adams spoke with ABC7 in an interview set to air in full on Sunday, where he tried to downplay the grand jury order, comparing them to records requests.

“The goal is to cooperate and participate with every review that takes place, we want to make sure that we do that,” the mayor said.

“We get countless numbers of [Freedom of Information Law requests]… from all over the city. We don’t broadcast each one we get. That’s the same thing when you get a subpoena. You respond to it appropriately and accordingly. That is exactly what we are doing.”

The records requests, or FOILs, are a common tool used by reporters to obtain public records from the administration.

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