The US Department of Justice informs the public prosecutors to drop the case of Eric Adams
The US Department of Justice has requested the prosecutors to drop the issue of corruption against the mayor of New York City Eric Adams.
Acting Deputy Prosecutor Emile Bouv, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, issued instructions to federal prosecutors in the southern province of New York to drop all charges on Monday.
In a note, he said that the indictment could affect the elections coming from a mayor and that it “restricts” Adams’s ability to address “illegal immigration and violent crime” in the city.
Adams is accused of accepting money and gifts of illegal campaign from Turkish businessmen in exchange for his influence as a mayor. he He admitted that he is not guilty To five accusations of bribery, conspiracy, and violations of the campaign financing in September.
“I went, according to what is designed by the Public Prosecutor, to reject the suspended charges,” said Bouv’s note to the prosecutor.
The general prosecutors did not indicate whether they intend to drop the case as required. Any decision to do this must be submitted officially to the court and approved by the judge.
The memo adds that the case can be reviewed again after the November 2025 mayor elections, but it says that the “investigation steps” should not be taken until then.
It also says that the prosecutors must “take all steps within your authority to cause the permission of mayor Adams the security.”
Bove, who recently worked as Trump’s defense lawyer during his criminal trial last year, wrote that the Ministry of Justice “reached this conclusion without assessing the strength of evidence or legal theories on the case,” and “in no way calls for a question about integrity and efforts” For public prosecutors who brought the case.
The memo pursued a meeting that was reported between Adams’s lawyers and federal prosecutors in New York.
Adams, a democratic, recently moved to build a closer relationship with Trump and his management. The presidential opening was attended last month and also went to Florida to attend a meeting.
In recent weeks, 64 -year -old mayor has directed the city enforcement in the city to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in the new New York City raids. Critics say this is undermined locally The city of the sanctuary The laws, which the city leaders do not cooperate with the authorities unless they are aimed at arresting dangerous criminals.
Adams denied speaking to President Trump about his case.
The Memorandum of the Ministry of Justice also claims that Adams was targeting the administration during the period of former President Joe Biden in his post. Bove did not provide any evidence of this.
Professor Stephen Gillers, an expert in legal ethics at the University of New York University’s Law, told Bouv that the POV note that orders the case was “once baseless and degrading against the former American lawyer and the lawyers who worked in the Adams case.”
Meanwhile, the mayor’s lawyer said he was a victory for his client.
“As I said from the beginning, the mayor is innocent – he will prevail. Today he has,” said Alex Spiro.
The US Prosecutor’s Office in Manhattan, who brought the case, has not yet commented.
