NEW YORK CITY \u2014 Mayor Eric Adams laughed off whether he’d resign if indicted in a federal investigation about his and his campaign’s links to Turkey.<\/p>\n
“I’m not speculating on that,” he said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“You are all the way downfield. I’m going to continue to do the job as the mayor as long as my responsibility to do the job.”<\/p>\n Adams took reporters’ questions Tuesday on the Turkey investigation for the first time in nearly a week \u2014 a span included the revelation that FBI agents seized his phone and a CNN report which stated the probe is focused on whether Turkey’s government tried to further Turkish business interests in the city or forge a long-term alliance with a prominent American politician.<\/p>\n The CNN report was authored by John Miller, a former NYPD counterintelligence official who worked under the mayor until 2022.<\/p>\n The span also saw Adams repeatedly dodge questions about the apparently widening probe in favor of responding to them during a once-a-week “off-topic” news conference.<\/p>\n “It gets us nowhere when you\u2019re just yelling out, you know, questions while I’m walking through the streets,” he said.<\/p>\n When reporters finally got to grill Adams Tuesday on Turkey, he offered few direct answers.<\/p>\n At several points, City Hall Chief Counsel Lisa Zornberg interjected to shut down the line of questioning, such as when reporters asked if other officials had their own phones seized.<\/p>\n City Hall has been fully and proactively cooperative, she said.<\/p>\nFind out what's happening in New York Citywith free, real-time updates from Patch.<\/h2>\n
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