Ex-Eric Adams staffer who celebrated Charlie Kirk assassination pocketed $36K in bribery, fraud cases: feds

A former top New York City mayoral staffer, who was fired after describing Charlie Kirk’s assassination as "karma" against a "racist," has been indicted for running three separate schemes that led him to pocket roughly $36,000, federal officials announced Tuesday.

Tony Herbert, who previously worked in the Eric Adams administration, was arrested Tuesday morning in Manhattan, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York revealed. 

According to the indictment, the...