The lawyers of the mayonnaise of New York City Eric Adams seek to dismiss corruption charges

Lawyers of Mayor of New York City Eric Adams He asked an American judge to dismiss all the charges against his client on Wednesday, trying to accelerate the dismissal almost two weeks after the prosecutors moved to leave the corruption case.

In the presentation, Adams’s legal team asked the President Judge in the case, district judge of the United States, to grant the Department of Justice The request to dismiss the charges against Adams quickly and with prejudice, arguing that an “extraordinary burst” of leaks by prosecutors had violated Adams’s right to a fair trial.

In particular, Adams lawyers pointed out the escape of a renunciation letter on February 12 by former interim prosecutor Danielle Sassoon, who said “destroyed any presumption of innocence that Mayor Adams had remained.”

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The mayor of the lawyers of New York City, Eric Adams, asked a judge to dismiss his positions of corruption with prejudice. (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital)

“In addition to violating the fundamental constitutional rights of Mayor Adams and the ability to receive a fair trial, government leaks violated numerous legal and judicial rules, including long -date policies of the Department of Justice aimed at curbing the misconduct of the Prosecutor’s Office,” , they argued in the presentation.

The charges against Adams will remain intact until the President Judge, the United States District Judge, will be dismissed.

Adams was accused of the autumn past by five federal positions of corruption and bribery linked to the alleged request for illegal campaign contributions and the alleged reception of advantages of luxury trips on behalf of Turkish foreigners, according to documents of the Department of Justice.

Adams declared himself innocent of all charges, and has strongly denied any irregularity.

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Hagan Scotten, assistant to the United States prosecutor, Alex Spiro, the lawyer of the Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, and Adams attend an appearance in court in a federal court after Adams was accused of bribery and Illegally request a campaign contribution from a foreign citizen, in New York City, USA, October 2, 2024 in this sketch of the Court. (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg)

The interim attached attorney general of the United States, Emil Bove, asked federal prosecutors earlier this month than Drop all corruption charges Against the mayor, an unusual movement, and one that requires the formal signature of the president in the case.

In the motion of dismissal, Bove said that legal procedures against ADAMS had subtracted value from others Department of Justice Priorities, such as illegal immigration and violent crime.

But the American judge Ho declined to immediately grant the motion to dismiss at a judicial hearing last week, telling the legal team of Bove and Adams that he needed more time to consider the facts more.

Ho also appointed former American attorney Paul Clement to argue against the motion to dismiss and analyze the reasons for the Department of Justice to dismiss charges.

He has instructed the legal writings that will be presented on March 7 and, if necessary, said there would be a hearing on March 14.

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“This is a very complicated situation, at least from where I feel,”

Not dropping the charges against Adams is very unusual, and no Court of Appeals of the United States has put on the side of a federal judge who refused to grant a motion without opposition to dismiss.