New York City Mayor Eric Adams was indicted Wednesday, with charges being announced Thursday morning. There were plenty of reactions from news media members.
Adams became the first ever New York Mayor to be criminally charged while in office. Early reports show that he’s accused of accepting bribes from foreign organizations.
The announcement that Eric Adams was being charged didn’t come as a complete surprise. In the past two weeks, Adams has lost his top legal adviser, his police commissioner, his schools chancellor, and health commissioner as allegations of impropriety mounted.
In a video shared by New York Daily News reporter Molly Crane-Newman, Adams said “These charges will be entirely false, based on lies … I can also understand how everyday New Yorkers would be concerned that I cannot do my job while I face accusations, but I have been facing these lies for months since I began to speak out for all of you and their investigation started.”
After the reports began to surface that Adams, who was elected mayor in 2022, was being charged with federal crimes, many news media members took to social media to react to the news.
