The judge establishes a hearing in a motion to dismiss the case against the mayor of New York City, Eric Adams,

New York – A federal judge scheduled a hearing on Wednesday at prosecuting Mayor of New York City Eric Adamsordering lawyers to address the reasons why the Department of Justice requested to dismiss corruption charges and the “scope and effect” of the mayor’s consent.

Judge Dale E. Ho in Manhattan established the hearing in an order in writing on Tuesday as his first response to government request to dismiss the charges after a week of agitation that led to the resignations of several main prosecutors in Washington and New York who refused to seek dismissal.

He also cited legal history by pointing out that a judge has independent obligations once the Government has involved the Judiciary obtaining an accusation or a conviction. And he cited a judicial opinion that said that a judge must be “satisfied that the advanced reasons for the proposed dismissal are substantial” before approved a dismissal.

The hearing will occur as a growing number of former prosecutors who ask HO to carry out an investigation that can put the leadership of the Washington Department of Justice in the hot seat.

Adams declared himself innocent of the positions that, although in his previous role as president of the Brooklyn County, he accepted more than $ 100,000 in illegal campaign contributions and luxurious travel advantages of a Turkish official and business leaders who seek to buy their influence .

The last week has presented an unusual public fight between Emil Bove, the second in command of the Department of Justice and two best federal prosecutors in New York: Manhattan Us Atty. Danielle Sassoon and do Scotten, an assistant from the US prosecutor in Manhattan who directed the adams prosecution.

Bove wrote that the case had “improperly restricted the ability of Mayor Adams to dedicate all the attention and resources to illegal immigration and violent crime.”

On Thursday, Sassoon resigned, along with five officials from the High Rank Department of Justice. A day later, he resigned, noting that Sassoon had resisted adequately to the demand for charges to be withdrawn and the possibility that they could be reinstated after this year’s elections.

“No orderly freedom system can allow the government to use the carrot of dismissed charges, or the stick to threaten to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support their policy objectives,” Scotten wrote.

On Monday, Adams, amid the calls to resign from some Democrats, confirmed that four of their main deputies had decided to resign on the consequences of the impulse of the Department of Justice to end the case of corruption against him and guarantee his cooperation With Trump’s immigration repression.

New York governor Kathy Hochul said on Monday that he is wearing the elimination of Adams from office.

Neumeister writes for Associated Press.