A federal judge on Friday declined to dismiss the Eric Adams case and ordered an investigation into Trump’s DOJ for dropping the charges.
US District Judge Dale Ho, a Biden appointee, declined to dismiss the case and said he is appointing outside counsel to look into the Justice Department’s decision to drop the charges.
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A New York judge on Friday said he would not immediately dismiss Eric Adams’ corruption case, but ordered the Democratic New York City mayor’s trial delayed indefinitely after the Justice Department asked him to dismiss charges.
In a written ruling, U.S. District Judge Dale Ho in Manhattan said he would appoint an outside lawyer, Paul Clement of the law firm Clement & Murphy PLLC, to present arguments against the prosecutors’ bid to dismiss to help him make a decision.
Justice Department officials in Washington asked Ho to dismiss the charges against Adams on February 14.
Earlier this month, the Trump Justice Department moved to drop federal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
President Trump’s Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove instructed federal prosecutors in New York to drop the case.
Last Thursday, Acting US Attorney for the SDNY Danielle Sassoon abruptly resigned just a few days after she was ordered to drop charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Bove said the DOJ will not tolerate the misconduct and insubordination. After Sassoon stepped down, several other federal prosecutors followed her lead and resigned in protest.
Later Friday evening, the DOJ officially moved to drop the charges against Eric Adams.
“The United States respectfully submits this motion seeking dismissal without prejudice of the charges in this case,” the DOJ said in its motion to dismiss Adams’ indictment.
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