New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) made his first remarks in public on Thursday after the federal indictment against him was unsealed and law enforcement officials raided his home.

Adams, who faces decades behind bars if convicted, was charged in a sprawling corruption probe that alleged he acted as an official of a foreign power, accepted bribes, committed fraud, and conspired to commit all the crimes.

“I want to thank you for being here this morning, and I want to thank the supporters of all ethnic groups that are here, particularly the men and women of the clergy that’s here that have joined me here today,” he told a group of supporters at a press conference. “And we are not surprised. We expected this. This is not surprising to us at all. The actions that have unfolded over the last 10 months, the leaks, the commentary, the demonizing. This did not surprise us that we reached this day.”

He asked that New Yorkers wait to pass judgment until they have heard his side of the story.

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“From here, my attorneys will take care of the case so I can take care of the city,” he said. “My day to day will not change. I will continue to do the job for 8.3 million New Yorkers that I was elected to do. And the 300,000 plus employees of our city government will continue to do their jobs, because this is what we do as New Yorkers.”

He said that it was an insult to the people of the city that people were claiming that he and his administration would be unable to do their jobs while the case moves forward.

“They are dedicated public servants, and I have been one of them for many years, and they are going to continue to do their job, moving the city forward every day,” he added. “It’s an unfortunate day and it’s a painful day.”

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“I ask to wait and hear our side to this narrative.”

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On Tuesday, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, fired off a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and White House Counsel Edward Siskel requesting documents regarding the Biden-Harris administration using government resources to aid Ukrainian President Zelensky’s visit to Pennsylvania, a visit that was widely seen as a prop to Harris’ presidential campaign.

🚨 BREAKING: Chairman James Comer Is Investigating the Biden-Harris Admin’s Use of Taxpayer-Funded Resources to Fly Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Pennsylvania to Campaign for Kamala Harris

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Comer began his letter by alluding to the 2019 impeachment of former President Donald Trump that claimed he used Zelensky to benefit his 2020 presidential campaign, a claim Comer dismissed as lacking “any evidence of wrongdoing on the part of President Trump.”

“The Biden-Harris Administration recently flew the same foreign leader -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky— on an American-taxpayer-funded flight to Pennsylvania, a battleground state in the upcoming 2024 presidential election, which has been described as the ‘trickiest battleground for Vice President Kamala Harris to win,’” Comer continued.

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“The Committee seeks to determine whether the Biden-Harris Administration attempted to use a foreign leader to benefit Vice President Harris’s presidential campaign and, if so, necessarily committed an abuse of power,” he wrote. “The Committee seeks to understand the circumstances that led — and any facts that could justify — the Biden-Harris Administration to transport President Zelensky on a Department of the Air Force aircraft to Pennsylvania to introduce government officials to President Zelensky about the Russia-Ukraine war.”

“President Zelensky’s itinerary included a stop in Pennsylvania to meet with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, until recently considered a promising candidate to further Democrats’ hopes to maintain control of the White House,” he noted.

Comer made reference to a September 22, 2024, interview published in The New Yorker in which Zelensky “stated his belief that President Trump and his administration would not be able to stop the war, despite this being one of President Trump’s main campaign platforms.”

“This rhetoric coming from a foreign leader released in anticipation of a U.S.-taxpayer-funded visit about the current administration’s political opponent is highly concerning,” Comer stated. “The Committee is investigating any coordination or communication among the Biden-Harris administration, Pennsylvania’s Office of the Governor, and President Zelensky for us or solicitation of use of government property to politically benefit Vice President Harris’s presidential campaign.”