| Eric Adams Gets
Dec 20 Conference Canceled As
Spiro Out of State on Another
Matter
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Dec 19 – The five-count
indictment of NYC Mayor Eric
Adams was unsealed in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrates Court. Inner City
Press was the first one in and
live tweeted it. City of Maybe
book
The unsealing thread
On September 17
at noon he was arraigned and
pleaded not guilty. Thread.
At 5:58 am on
October 1, Adams' lawyers
filed a motion for sanctions
alleging grand jury leaks -
memo of law on Patreon here.
On October 31,
Judge Ho denied Adams' and
Spiro's bid for an evidentiary
hearing on leaks. Order on
Patreon here.
On November 1
Judge Ho heard argument,
including the AUSA citing
Judge Rochan's denial of a
Snyder motion to dismiss in US
v Starks, one of the NYCHA
bribery cases Inner City Press
has covered - and reserved
decision - on Count V, and set
the trial day for April 21,
2025 - thread
On November 11
Adams' lawyer at Quinn Emanuel
wrote in asking to move up the
trial from April 21 to April 1
- April Fools Day. Letter on
Patreon here.
On November 20,
Judge Ho issued a 4 page
ruling including that "The
parties are ORDERED to meet
and confer," on Patreon here
Jump cut to
December 17, which Adams'
lawyer wrote in: "the Mayor
respectfully requests that the
conference be adjourned" -
letter on Patreon here
On December 18,
the US Attorney's Office wrote
in: "Should the conference be
held, the Government
anticipates raising an issue
relating to extrajudicial
statements that defense
counsel has made relating to
the case. See S.D.N.Y. L.
Crim. R. 23.1. The Government
may also file a letter on this
subject in advance of the
conference."
But it was Adams'
lawyer who filed, near
midnight on December 18, for a
motion for a bill of
particulars about the Turkish
bribe, QE Austin TX partner's
declaration on Patreon here.
On December 19
Judge Ho canceled the December
20 session: "counsel for Mayor
Adams represents that he "is
currently out of state and
actively engaged on other
matters." Accordingly,
Defendant's motion is GRANTED.
The case management conference
is hereby adjourned to sine
die. A pretrial schedule in
this matter will issue
separately."
More/extra on X
for Subscribers here
and Substack
here
The case is USA
v. Adams, 1:24-cr-556 (Ho)
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