A federal judge rejected New York Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday and applied to the extraordinary request of the Justice Department to set aside criminal charges so that the Democrat could help with President Donald Trump’s immigration suppression. New York Mayor Eric Adams looks at a press conference in the MANHATTAN CALTMAS in New York, US, March 24, 2025. Reuters/Jeenah Moon (Reuters), the judge, however, denied the prosecutors to bring the criminal case back to the mayor’s election. Judge Dale E. Ho’s order to dismiss the case “with prejudice” saves Adams to rule in a way that pleases Trump, or possibly runs the risk of the Republican Department of Justice reviving the charges. “In light of the rationale of doj, the dismissal of the case without prejudice would create the inevitable perception that the freedom of the mayor depends on his ability to carry out the immigration hilling priorities of the administration, and that he can see more to the claims of the federal government,” the judge wrote. “To be clear, the court again emphasizes that he does not express any opinion on the merits of the case or that the prosecution of Mayor Adams’ must move forward,” he wrote. Ho acknowledged that his power was limited in this situation, and wrote that courts could not force the Department of Justice to prosecute a defendant. ” to serve the case – not to decide whether the defendant should be prosecuted, ‘he wrote. snapped up, created unrest in the town hall and left Adams’ mayorship on a thread amid questions about his political independence and the ability to rule. Several prosecutors in New York and Washington have resigned rather than executing the Justice Department of Justice to drop the case against Adams. Governor Kathy Hochul, a co -democrat, has been thinking about or removing Adams from office, but decided instead to propose new supervision for the city government. Adams said at a hearing on February 19: “I did not commit a crime.” Adams pleaded not guilty to bribery and other charges after an accusation of 2024 accused him of accepting illegal contributions to the campaign and returning a Turkish official and others – and returned the favors by helping, among other things, a diplomatic building without passing on fire inspections. The case, brought during President Joe Biden’s administration, was on track for a April hearing until Trump’s Justice Department moved to drop it. Ho delayed the trial and appointed former US Attorney General Paul Clement to help him decide what to do. The Justice Department wanted the option to revive the matter in the fall. Adams’ attorneys wanted it to go for good. In a written submission on March 7, Clement told Ho that he had no choice in terms of the law, but to reject the case. But he recommended that the judge rejected the request of the Justice Department to refill them to the mayor’s election of this year, which would leave a prospect that hangs like the proverbial sword of Damocles about the accused. ” The decision is started with three months until a democratic primary primary that is likely to choose the next mayor of the city. Adams faces a major field of challengers, including former governor Andrew Cuomo and several Democrats who say he is now thanks to Trump for New Yorkers to be sure to prioritize their interests. Adams said he “only sees the 8.3 million New Yorkers I represent, and I will always put this city first.” As recently as January 6, the Assistant American Attorneys in New York who prosecuted Adams wrote in court documents that they continued to “expose additional criminal behavior by Adams.” But a month later, their new superiors in Washington decided to abandon the matter. During the fans of the court and a hearing, acting deputy attorney General Emil Bove said he was “particularly concerned about the impact of prosecution on the ability of Mayor Adams to support” Trump’s immigration goals. BOVE also questioned the motives of the previous administration to pursue Adams, who criticized the then President Joe Biden’s handling of an influx of migrants. Trump’s acting US lawyer in New York, Danielle Sassoon, resisted BOVE’s order and said she could not defend a dismissal associated with political considerations. Sassoon A Sassoon and several other career prosecutors and supervisors of public corruption cases stopped rather than following Bove’s order. BOVE placed other New York prosecutors on a paid leave involved in the Adams case. BOVE and two senior lawyers for the Justice Department eventually signed court documents requesting a dismissal with the option to refill the charges after the November election. After four of Adams’ top delegates in the town hall decided to resign, Hochul briefly considered taking the unprecedented step to expel a New York mayor. She eventually concluded that it would be undemocratic and disruptive to do so. Adams, a retired police captain and former state law and official of Brooklyn, was elected in 2021 as a central Democrat in one of the United States liberal strongholds. But since his accusation in September, Adams has cultivated a warmer relationship with Trump, saying that his staff should not publicly criticize the president and make media actions with administration officials. Adams insists that he just look at the city by having a working relationship with the administration. This story was published from a wire agency feed without changes to the text. Only the head has been changed.
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