| In Eric
Adams Bribery Case Clement
Urges Judge Ho to Dismiss
Case With Prejudice
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
March 7 – 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.
On February 10,
2025 DOJ's Emil Bove - a
former SDNY prosecutor - wrote
to acting US Attorney Danielle
Sassoon ordering her to move
to dismiss the case. Sovereign
District book here
On February 14
after 6 pm, DOJ's Edward
Sullivan filed a nolle
prosequi.
On February 17
Inner City Press filed
an application to unseal: "On
February 12, 2025 as Dkt No.
117 on PACER it was stated
"SEALED DOCUMENT placed in
vault." This is a request to
unseal this and all other
sealed and/or redacted
documents in this case. It is
imperative there be access to
the entire docket."
On February 21,
after argument, SDNY Judge Ho
adjourned the trial but did
not yet dismiss the
indictment, instead appointing
Paul Clement as an amicus.
Early on February
26 Adams' lawyer Spiro filed a
motion to dismiss with
prejudice, on Patreon here.
On February 28
other proposed amicus briefs
went in, including one by
former Federal judges urging
Judge Ho to appoint a special
prosecutor, like Judge Kaplan
did in US v. Donzinger. Brief
on Patreon here
On March 6 Paul
Clement in a 26 page brief
recommended that Judge Ho
dismiss the indictment WITH
prejudice.
More on X for
Subscribers here
& Substack here
The Adams case is
USA v. Adams, 1:24-cr-556 (Ho)
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