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A judge has ruled to permanently dismiss federal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday.
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A judge permanently dismissed the federal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
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“New Yorkers stopped me all the time in trying to find the rationale behind this,” he said of his now-defunct criminal case.
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams' federal corruption case was formally dropped Wednesday, months after he became the city's first mayor to be indicted.
U.S. District Court Judge Dale Ho dropped the case with prejudice, meaning the mayor cannot be tried again on the same charges.
A U.S. judge on Wednesday dismissed the U.S. Department of Justice's corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, and said the charges cannot be brought again.U.S. District Judge Dale Ho's decision to dismiss the case with prejudice was in line with the recommendation of a lawyer he asked to offer independent arguments,
New York City Mayor Eric Adams' historic federal corruption case has been dropped with prejudice, meaning Adams cannot be re-tried on the same charges at a later time.
A federal judge dismissed New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case on Wednesday, acquiescing to the Justice Department's extraordinary request to set aside criminal charges so the Democrat could help with President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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A federal judge dismissed New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case on Wednesday, agreeing to the Justice Department’s request to set aside criminal charges so the Democrat could help with President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Criminal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams were dismissed by a federal judge Wednesday after the Trump administration ordered the Department of Justice to drop the case.
Mayor Eric Adams is free to take a victory lap this week after news broke that a federal judge moved to dismiss his corruption case.
The DOJ argued that charges against Adams should be tossed to avoid hurting the mayor's ability to cooperate with immigration policies of President Trump.