Dale Ho, Eric Adams and corruption
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Judge Dale E. Ho refused to let the government leave open the prospect of reinstating charges against the mayor. But he acknowledged the president’s power to determine the fate of prosecutions.
Although he granted the federal government’s request to drop the case, the judge harshly criticized its reasoning in seeking the dismissal.
The judge overseeing the corruption case against Eric Adams has dismissed the charges against the New York City mayor, and in a split with the Trump Justice Department, ordered that the charges cannot be brought again.
U.S. District Court Judge Dale Ho dropped the case with prejudice, meaning the mayor cannot be tried again on the same charges.
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed the bribery case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, ending an unprecedented case that had created a rift within the Justice Department. U.S. District Judge Dale Ho issued the order with prejudice,
Ho could have tried to stretch the limits of his own authority: decline to dismiss the case, and try to appoint a prosecutor to continue pursuing the charges. That would be fraught, with invite an immediate appeal, and would be unlikely to succeed.
Black America Web New York Mayor Eric Adams may have just reaped the benefits of his anticipatory obedience to the Trump administration. In a 78-page decision, U.S. District Judge Dale Ho has dismissed a federal corruption indictment against the mayor who once likened himself to Jesus because of all the trouble he was in.
A federal judge in New York on Wednesday dismissed corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams, but not in the way the Trump administration wanted.
The Trump DOJ sought to dismiss the case against the Democratic mayor “without prejudice,” meaning it wanted the option to revive the case in the future.