After New York City Mayor Eric Adams was charged with five counts of bribery, fraud, and solicitation of campaign contributions from foreign nationals, by federal prosecutors, Democratic establishment figures didn’t make much of a public fuss.

After all, for many New York politicians accepting favors and gaming political donation rules is a way of life.

As for mayoral wannabes, they were hopeful Adams’s legal problems would force him to abandon his quest to seek a second term this year.

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