Eric Adams Used Private Email for Official Purposes during China-Funded Junket

The NYC mayor met an alleged Chinese police-station agent during the trip.

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New York City mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference at 1 Police Plaza in New York City, April 3, 2024.

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New York mayor Eric Adams and his aides used private email addresses, and possibly a private server, to correspond about official business during a 2014 trip to China, National Review has learned.

This junket, taken by Adams during his first year as Brooklyn borough president, is receiving renewed scrutiny. Federal investigators are reportedly probing the mayoral administration’s ties to Turkey and an alleged straw-donor scheme involving Winnie Greco, a senior adviser to Adams who has facilitated his meetings with Chinese officials. In recent years, alarm at the federal level about China’s efforts to co-opt local officials has grown.

Jimmy Quinn

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Jimmy Quinn

Jimmy Quinn is the former national security correspondent for National Review.

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