Eric Adams, mayor of New York, middle, through the sixtieth presidential inauguration in Emancipation Corridor of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.
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Republican President Donald Trump’s Justice Division (DOJ) has instructed Manhattan federal prosecutors to drop Mayor Eric Adams’ five-count corruption indictment, in accordance with a DOJ memo.
Within the memo, a duplicate of which The New York Occasions posted on-line Monday night, the DOJ’s appearing second-in-command Emil Bove mentioned the case needs to be dismissed due to the timing of when Manhattan federal prosecutors introduced the costs and “pre-trial publicity that risks impacting potential witnesses and the jury pool.”
Moreover, Bove mentioned the costs have been introduced too near Adams’s 2025 mayoral main and will hinder his capability to implement Trump’s immigration agenda.
Bove mentioned the costs needs to be dropped “without prejudice,” that means DOJ might reopen the case. Adams should conform to have the costs dropped with out prejudice, then the matter have to be reviewed by interim US Legal professional for SDNY Danielle Sassoon after the November 2025 common election, in accordance with the Occasions’ reporting.
Adams’ lawyer, Alex Spiro, claimed in a press release that Trump’s DOJ “reevaluated the case and determined it should not go forward.”
“Now, thankfully, the mayor and New York can put this unfortunate and misguided prosecution behind them,” Spiro mentioned.
Nevertheless, Bove’s memo contradicts Spiro’s assertion.
“The Justice Department has reached this conclusion without assessing the strength of the evidence or the legal theories on which the case is based, which are issues on which we defer to the U.S. Attorney’s Office at this time,” the memo reads.
It is a growing story; test with amNY.com for additional updates.
