‘Enough!’ Eric Adams Says Federal Government Is Targeting Him with ‘Entirely False’ Charges ‘Based on Lies’

New York City Mayor Eric Adams released a video on Wednesday, the day of his indictment , claiming he had been targeted by the federal government as part of an ongoing smear campaign.

“My fellow New Yorkers, it is now my belief that the federal government intends to charge me with crimes,” said Adams in the video. “If so, these charges will be entirely false, based on lies. But they would not be surprising. I always knew that if I stood my ground for all of you, that I would be a target, and a target I became.”

He continued, “For months, leaks and rumors have been aimed at me in an attempt to undermine my credibility and paint me as guilty. Just this past week, they searched the home of our new police commissioner, looking for documents from 20 years ago. Just one week after he joined my administration. Enough! I will fight these injustices with every ounce of my strength and my spirit.”

Adams was indicted on Wednesday amid an ongoing federal corruption investigation into the New York mayor.

While the charges are currently unclear, Adams is the first New York mayor to ever be charged while in office.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called on Adams to resign “for the good of the city,” Wednesday.

“I do not see how Mayor Adams can continue governing New York City,” she wrote in a statement. “The flood of resignations and vacancies are threatening gov function. Nonstop investigations will make it impossible to recruit and retain a qualified administration. For the good of the city, he should resign.”