An historic first for the New York City Mayor's Office, federal prosecutors have laid out a five-count indictment against Mayor Eric Adams charging him with bribery, conspiracy, and wire fraud over the past decade.

Adams is accused of taking illegal gifts and foreign campaign contributions,

but says he'll continue to run the city

as his lawyers handle the case.

Year after year, he kept the public in the dark.

The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York

this morning made the case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

He told the public he received no gifts even though he was secretly being showered with him.

The unsealed indictment says for nearly a decade Adam sought and accepted improper valuable benefits such as luxury international travel including from wealthy foreign business people and at least one Turkish government official seeking to gain influence over him.

Public office is a privilege. We alleged that Mayor Adams abused that privilege and broke the law.

The prosecutor said Adams received more than

$100,000 worth of illegal gifts and that the illegal activity started well

before he was elected mayor. Federal law clearly prohibits foreign donations.

Get Adams directed his staff to pursue this illegal money to support his campaign for mayor.

Outside of Gracie Mansion today, Adams was defiant.

My day to day will not change.

I will continue to do the job for 8.3 million New Yorkers that I was elected to do.

Flanked by faith leaders and supporters,

he asked for patients.

This story will come from the federal prosecutors.

And I ask to wait in here our side to this narrative.

But the crowd wasn't entirely supportive.

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