Newly unsealed documents from the mayor’s high-profile corruption case show Adams allegedly planned to accept donations from Turkey in his 2025 reelection bid.

Prosecutors believed Adams was lying about the location of his personal cell phone during a seizure, the documents show. The mayor's defense counsel indicated that the unsealed papers were a record of a case that "should never have been brought.

The New York Times and the New York Post asked a federal judge to publish the materials. The investigative documents foreshadow what the prosecution’s theory of the case would have been. Prosecutors told different companies they wanted records because they were investigating possible illegal straw donations to Adams’ campaign and a scheme to open the new Turkish consulate before a visit from Turkey’s president.

President Trump said Friday that he and Eric Adams discussed “almost nothing” during their White House meeting Friday, suggesting that the embattled New York City mayor requested a meeting to

NYC Mayor Eric Adams met with President Trump to discuss infrastructure and federal funding, amid controversy over a dropped corruption case and Adams' policies.