Ingrid Lewis Martin, the chief adviser to embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams, had her home searched and was issued a federal subpoena on Friday.
Mr. Lewis' attorney, Arthur Aidala, confirmed to Fox News Digital that Mr. Adams' senior adviser was served with a subpoena by the Southern District of New York.
Along with the summons, Lewis' cell phone was also seized by the New York County District Attorney's Office.
“She intends to fully cooperate with any investigation, and as far as we are aware, Ms. Ruiz is not the target of any incident,” Aidala said.
Lewis Martin was reportedly met at the airport by law enforcement authorities after he was issued a summons after disembarking from a flight from Japan on Friday, according to the Associated Press.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives to appear to face charges in federal corruption case
New York City Mayor Eric Adams sat next to Chief Counsel Ingrid Lewis Martin at a press conference at City Hall last year. (Luis C. Ribeiro, NY Daily News, via Getty Images)
The federal subpoena and search of her home came a day after an indictment against Adams was unsealed unsealing fraud, bribery and corruption charges.
Federal authorities seize Eric Adams' cell phone after New York mayor indicts him
On Friday, he appeared in federal court in Manhattan to surrender to authorities and pleaded not guilty.
The mayor (64) was indicted. Solicit illegal campaign donations A 57-page indictment unsealed Thursday alleges attacks from foreign groups and falsifying paper trails to cover them up. As part of the conspiracy, he is alleged to have defrauded taxpayers of $10 million over the past decade, often taking free or deeply discounted vacations funded by foreign sponsors.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams appeared in federal court Friday following his arraignment in lower Manhattan. Mr. Adams is charged with five federal charges, including conspiracy, wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of foreign contributions, and bribery. (Umar Abbasi, Fox News Digital)
Adams denied the allegations in a video statement, calling the charges against him “completely false and based on lies” and implying they were a criticism of the Biden administration. disastrous border policy made him a target for revenge.
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“The federal government did nothing because broken immigration policies left the shelter system overburdened with no relief,” he said. “I put the people of New York over political parties and politics.”
Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
