Embattled Mayor Eric Adams hasn’t labored out a secret “quid pro quo” with President Trump’s Division of Justice to kill his corruption case, his lawyer insisted Wednesday — as a Manhattan choose punted for now on whether or not to toss the fees.
Legal professional Alex Spiro supplied to swear underneath oath that Adams hasn’t labored out a discount with the DOJ as a part of a deal that might nonetheless enable the feds to re-indict him after November’s mayoral election.
“I’m happy to raise my right hand right now,” Spiro stated throughout a listening to in Manhattan federal court docket.
Choose Dale Ho declined to rule instantly on the Trump’s DOJ’s bid to toss the bribery and wire fraud case — with out contemplating the energy of the proof — for “national security” causes, together with Adams’ assist implementing Trump’s immigration agenda.
“It’s not in anyone’s interest for this to drag on, I understand that,” Ho stated. “But to exercise my discretion properly, I’m not going to shoot from my hip on the bench.”
Adams, who flashed a thumbs-up to information cameras on his method out and in of the listening to, denied to the choose that he’d acquired any kind of “other agreement” with Trump’s DOJ, however that he nonetheless wasn’t involved about the opportunity of the feds’ reviving the case.
“I have not committed a crime, and I don’t see them bringing it back. I’m not afraid of that,” he stated in court docket.
Adams has pleaded not responsible to costs that he took $123,000 in journey perk bribes from Turkish nationals in change for fast-tracking the opening of the Turkish consulate constructing in Manhattan regardless of security issues.
