Judge dismisses criminal case against New York Mayor Eric Adams [View all]
Source: CNBC
Published Wed, Apr 2 2025 9:38 AM EDT Updated 11 Min Ago
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed the criminal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, nearly two months after the Trump administration controversially sought to drop the case. The case was dismissed “with prejudice,” which means the Department of Justice is permanently barred from resurrecting the five-count indictment against Adams based on the same evidence used in the case in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
The DOJ originally asked District Court Judge Dale Ho to toss the case “without prejudice,” after seven federal prosecutors — among them the acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney — quit in protest over the department’s demand that they file that request. A dismissal without prejudice would have allowed the DOJ to refile charges against the Democrat in the future if the department chose to do so.
Ho, in his order on Wednesday, denied the DOJ’s request, writing that dismissing the case without prejudice “would create the unavoidable perception that the Mayor’s freedom depends on his ability to carry out the immigration enforcement priorities of the administration.
The judge also said it would create the perception that Adams, who is seeking re-election this year, “might be more beholden to the demands of the federal government than to the wishes of his own constituents.”
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/02/eric-adams-case-dismissed-new-york-trump-doj.html
He's toast regardless. They're not going to reelect him.
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A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed the criminal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, nearly two months after the Trump administration controversially sought to drop the case. The case was dismissed "with prejudice," which means the Department of Justice is permanently barred from resurrecting the five-count indictment against Adams based on the same evidence used in the case in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
The DOJ originally asked District Court Judge Dale Ho to toss the case "without prejudice," after seven federal prosecutors quit in protest over the department's demand that they file that request. A dismissal without prejudice would have allowed the DOJ to refile charges against the Democrat in the future if the department chose to do so.
Ho, in his order on Wednesday, denied the DOJ's request, writing that dismissing the case without prejudice "would create the unavoidable perception that the Mayor's freedom depends on his ability to carry out the immigration enforcement priorities of the administration.
The judge also said it would create the perception that Adams, who is seeking re-election this year, "might be more beholden to the demands of the federal government than to the wishes of his own constituents."
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A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed the criminal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
The case was dismissed "with prejudice," which means the Department of Justice is permanently barred from resurrecting the charges against Adams based on the same evidence used in the case.
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