A federal choose in New York on Wednesday dismissed corruption expenses towards Mayor Eric Adams, however not in the way in which the Trump administration wished.
Choose Dale Ho dismissed the case with prejudice, that means it can’t be revived.
The Justice Division sought to have the case dismissed to unencumber Adams to cooperate with the mayor’s immigration agenda, nevertheless, the division wished the case dismissed with out prejudice, that means it could possibly be introduced once more.
Ho declined to endorse the DOJ’s desired end result
“In gentle of DOJ’s rationales, dismissing the case with out prejudice would create the unavoidable notion that the Mayor’s freedom relies on his skill to hold out the immigration enforcement priorities of the administration, and that he could be extra beholden to the calls for of the federal authorities than to the needs of his personal constituents. That look is inevitable, and it counsels in favor of dismissal with prejudice,” Ho determined.
New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams seems earlier than a Home Committee on Oversight and Authorities Reform listening to with Sanctuary Metropolis Mayors on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Washington.
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Adams’ lawyer celebrated the choice to drop the fees with out the worry of them being revived after the mayoral election in November — because the Justice Division had threatened.
“The case towards Eric Adams ought to have by no means been introduced within the first place — and at last at the moment that case is gone without end,” Alex Spiro, Adams’ lawyer, mentioned in an announcement. “From Day 1, the mayor has maintained his innocence and now justice for Eric Adams and New Yorkers has prevailed.”
The choice to dismiss the fees got here simply days after Adams’ lawyer had pushed for them to be dismissed forward of the April 3 deadline for petitions to be submitted for mayoral candidates to get on the June major poll.
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