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.

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.

Newly unsealed documents in Mayor Eric Adams’ historic corruption case revealed the FBI accused him of lying about the location of his cellphone and uncovered a trove of other electronics at Gracie Mansion – including a satellite phone found on his nightstand.

The state’s US Attorney Alina Habba on Friday confirmed Baraka’s arrest, saying he “committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center and charged with trespassing while visiting the facility with members of Congress.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is denying that he trespassed at a new federal immigration detention center during a confrontation that led to his arrest