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Justice Department instructs prosecutors to drop bribery case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams
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Judge refuses for now to drop Adams charges, appoints outside lawyer
Paul Clement, a former U.S. solicitor general, will examine the Justice Department’s decision to dismiss the bribery case against New York’s mayor.U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho on Friday chose Paul Clement, a U.S. solicitor general under President George W. Bush who has typically represented conservative political causes in court, to advise him on the matter.
Ho noted that “there has been no adversarial testing” of the government’s motion to abandon the Adams prosecution — a controversial decision that prompted at least eight federal prosecutors to resign in protest.
The judge asked Clement to answer questions such as whether the legal standard for dismissal had been met and whether, if its request is granted, the Justice Department should be allowed to reinstate charges against Adams if it chooses. Ho also indefinitely postponed the scheduled April date for Adams’s trial, asking Clement to deliver his briefs by March 7 and scheduling additional arguments “if necessary” for March 14.
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Apparently, Clement has opined that if the government doesn't want to try him, there isn't really a way forward to do so. [IANAL, but I don't see why independent counsel can't come in, although obviously it must be hard to try to pick up somebody else's case.]
So Clement says it should be dropped, BUT he also says it should be dismissed with prejudice so it cannot be refiled at a later date. He specifically calls out the optics of the feds having something hanging over the mayor to use as leverage.
Judge makes the final call.
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Judge Ends Eric Adams Case, but Sharply Criticizes Trump’s Justice Department
The judge, Dale E. Ho, refused to let the government leave open the prospect of reinstating corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams. But his decision recognized the president’s power to determine the fate of prosecutions.
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At least ten.
3 federal prosecutors assigned to Eric Adams case resign, say they won't admit to 'wrongdoing'
"The Department placed each of us on administrative leave ostensibly to review our, and the Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney’s Office’s, handling of the Adams case," the trio of prosecutors assigned to Adams' case, Celia V. Cohen, Andrew Rohrbach and Derek Wikstrom, wrote to Blanche. "It is now clear that one of the preconditions you have placed on our returning to the Office is that we must express regret and admit some wrongdoing by the Office in connection with the refusal to move to dismiss the case. We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none.""We have served under Presidents of both parties, advancing their priorities while pursuing justice without fear or favor," the three prosecutors wrote. "The role of a career prosecutor is not to set policy. But a prosecutor must abide by the oath to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States and the rules of professional ethics set by the bar and the courts."
They later added, "Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington. That is wrong."
Trump is weaponizing the DOJ.
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Reporter says former aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams gave her a potato chip bag filled with cash
A longtime adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams who resigned [last fall] from his administration while under FBI scrutiny gave a reporter a potato chip bag filled with cash Wednesday following a campaign event [where she worked as an unpaid volunteer], a gift her lawyer later insisted wasn’t an attempted bribe.The local news site The City reported the episode hours after one of its reporters said Winnie Greco had pressed a bag of potato chips into her hands containing a red envelope with a $100 bill and several $20 bills.
The reporter, Katie Honan, had scrutinized Greco’s conduct in the past as a major fundraiser for Adams in the Chinese American community.
“This was not a bag of cash,” [Greco's attorney] Brill wrote in an email. “In the Chinese culture, money is often given to others in a gesture of friendship and gratitude. And that’s all that was done here. Winnie‘s intention was born purely out of kindness.”
[This would appear to be Greco working on her own image, rather than anything connected to the mayor, but still pretty fishy.]
In response to the report of the bag filled with cash, Adams’ reelection campaign said it had suspended Greco from further work as an unpaid volunteer and that Adams had no prior knowledge of Greco’s actions.
The City has reported extensively on the [previous FBI] investigation and Greco’s conduct, including a campaign volunteer’s allegations that Greco had promised to get him a city job if he helped renovate her home.
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Mayor Adams’ longtime confidant Ingrid Lewis-Martin to face fresh corruption charges: sources
Mayor Eric Adams’ longtime adviser and campaign confidant Ingrid Lewis-Martin is expected to face even more charges for allegedly accepting bougie handouts in exchange for political favors, The Post has learned.Sources with knowledge of the fresh set of charges told The Post that prosecutors will accuse Lewis-Martin of accepting a series of high-end meals and other handouts in exchange for favorable treatment from the administration on redevelopment plans.
She abruptly resigned from City Hall over a weekend in mid-December — weeks before she had planned to step down and days before charges against her were unsealed.
Lewis-Martin allegedly traded favors with a pair of hoteliers in exchange for $100,000 in bribes that were used to buy a Porsche for her son — who goes by DJ Suave Luciano.
“Mayor Adams was not involved in this matter and has not been accused of or implicated in any wrongdoing,” [city hall spox] said
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams faces a decision: A Trump administration post to drop his reelection campaign
The embattled New York City mayor was offered a HUD post, a person familiar with the talks tells POLITICO.Not enough crooks in the Trump Administration.
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