Mayor Eric Adams arrives at Manhattan courthouse for arraignment 

LOWER MANHATTAN, Manhattan (PIX11) –Mayor Eric Adams arrived at the Southern District courthouse in Lower Manhattan on Friday morning where he is expected to be arraigned on federal criminal charges.

Adams will be fingerprinted, booked, and background checked following the unsealing of five federal charges. Among them, Adams faces bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud and two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national. 

The former Brooklyn borough president is accused of accepting $100,000 worth of lavish gifts from foreign donors, including free business-class airlines tickets, upgraded hotel suites, and millions in foreign campaign contributions.

If convicted on all charges, Adams could face as much as 45 years in prison but the embattled mayor’s high profile lawyer assures Adams is innocent.  

"They don’t have Eric Adams doing anything,” said Alex Spiro, the lawyer representing Adams. “They don’t have Eric Adams taking in the money. There is no email or text has him doing anything or taking in the money.”