Mayor Eric Adams: For us New Yorkers? No one was surprised.

But the federal indictment unsealed Thursday tells a different story. Adams and his staffers didn’t fully cooperate with federal investigators — they conspired to hamper the foreign bribery and corruption probe in ways that ranged from clumsy to clownish, the indictment says.

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In one instance, an unidentified Adams staffer agreed to an interview with FBI agents. But during the meeting, the indictment says, she excused herself to use the bathroom. While there, she deleted the encrypted messaging app she used to communicate with Adams and his alleged Turkish co-conspirators, prosecutors allege.

Then, on Nov. 6, 2023, FBI agents armed with a search warrant approached the mayor after an event in Manhattan and moved to seize his electronic devices. Adams was carrying two cellphones but not the personal phone he used to communicate with his co-conspirators, according to the indictment. When he produced it the next day in response to a subpoena, he said he couldn’t remember the new password he had created, the indictment says.