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(New York, NY) – The federal judge overseeing the corruption case of New York City Mayor Eric Adams is indefinitely delaying the April trial. Federal prosecutors with the Department of Justice moved to fully drop the charges against Adams, which spurred controversy and a wave of resignations. The former US Attorney for the Southern District, Danielle Sassoon, resigned after the charges were requested to be dropped, saying that Adams’ lawyers were involved in a quid pro quo deal with the Trump administration. The idea is that Adams agreed to go along with Trump’s immigration crackdown in exchange for the case to be dismissed. Half of the mayor’s deputies also resigned in the wake of the request to drop charges.
On Wednesday, a court hearing was held to determine if the federal prosecutors have sound reasoning to drop the case. Justice Dale Ho announced two days later that he has pushed back the trial date – with no alternative date set. He declined to fully dismiss the charges, but instead appointed an attorney, Paul Clement, to present arguments against the Justice Department’s decision to drop charges.
