Federal Prosecutor Damian Williams Flexes SDNY Power Against Eric Adams and Sean Combs
variety.comCynthia Littleton Business Editor He’s taken down Ghislaine Maxwell, New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez and FTX crypto kingpin Sam Bankman-Fried.
He aims to put Sean “Diddy” Combs behind bars for a long time. And on Sept. 26, Damian Williams, the powerful U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, unleashed his biggest case yet, bringing an indictment against New York Mayor Eric Adams.
Williams, 44, has made a huge mark in his three years as the top federal law enforcement agent covering Manhattan, the Bronx, Westchester and a swath of upstate counties.
He’s the first Black person to hold the top job in the office that was established in 1789. For sure, bringing corruption charges against the sitting mayor of New York City is a first even in the long, colorful history of politics in Gotham.
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