| Eric Adams
Launches Independent Run
As SDNY Bribery Case
Dismissed With Prejudice
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
April 3 – The five-count
indictment of NYC's current -
and future? - 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
an amicus.
Early on February
26 Adams' lawyer Spiro filed a
motion to dismiss with
prejudice, on Patreon here.
On March 6 Paul
Clement in a 26 page brief
recommended that Judge Ho
dismiss the indictment WITH
prejudice.
On March 31 Spiro
wrote in asking for a prompt
decision, noting petitions due
April 3, letter on Patreon here
On April 2, Judge
Ho "dismissed this case with
prejudice."
Less than
a day later, at the deadline
to file petitions to run in
the Democratic primary, Adams
announced by video he will run
as an independent - and cited
"Government Gangsters."
More on X for
Subscribers here
& Substack here
The Adams case is
USA v. Adams, 1:24-cr-556 (Ho)
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