LIVE: NYC Mayor Eric Adams speaks after being indicted on federal charges

NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged with 5 counts connected to improper run contributions, according to a sweeping indictment unsealed Thursday morning.

"ERIC ADAMS, the defendant, sought and accepted amerciable run contributions successful the signifier of 'nominee' oregon 'straw' contributions, meaning that the existent contributors conveyed their wealth done nominal donors, who falsely certified they were contributing their ain money," the indictment states.

Adams faces 1 number of ligament fraud, 1 number of conspiracy, 2 counts of solicitation of a publication from a overseas nationalist and 1 number of bribery, according to the indictment, charges that exposure the politician to important situation clip if convicted.

Adams is the archetypal sitting New York City politician to ever look charges.

The alleged behaviour predates Adams' clip arsenic mayor, erstwhile helium served arsenic Brooklyn borough president, up done his run for politician and during his clip successful office.

Federal agents seized the mayor's telephone Thursday morning, Alex Spiro, a lawyer for the mayor, told ABC News.

"He has not been arrested and looks guardant to his time successful court," Spiro said, "They nonstop a twelve agents to prime up a telephone erstwhile we would person happily turned it in."

Adams called the accusations "entirely false" successful a taped code addressed to New Yorkers connected Wednesday nighttime and said helium would combat the indictment with "every ounce of my spot and my spirit." He besides said helium would not resign arsenic mayor.

"I ever knew that If I stood my crushed for each of you that I would beryllium a people -- and a people I became," Adams said.

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