| Eric Adams Moved
to Dismiss Count V Now 20
Minutes Each on Nov 1 also Trial
Date Talks
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Oct 30 – 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 - as it will
his presentment, now set for
Friday, September 27 at
noon.
The unsealing thread
On September 17
at noon he was arraigned and
pleaded not guilty. Thread.
On September 30,
Adams' lawyers now including
William Burck did file a
motion to dismiss... Count V,
on the Turkish Mission. 25
page memo of law of Patreon here.
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 18,
the US Attorney's Office
opposed Adams' motion about
Count V, recounting that
"Adams's deal with the Turkish
Official continued into 2022,
when Adams was Mayor and had
direct authority over 'the
FDNY approvals' he agreed to
influence." Opposition on
Patreon here.
On October 25
Adams' lawyer wrote in: "Mayor
Adams respectfully requests a
trial date no later than March
2025, in advance of the New
York City mayoral primary on
June 24 (and early voting on
June 14)... Letter on
Patreon here.
On October 30
Judge Ho ordered: "as to Eric
Adams. The parties in this
matter are scheduled to appear
before the Court for a motions
hearing on Friday, November 1,
2024 at 2:00 p.m. ET. The
parties are instructed to be
prepared for oral argument on
Defendant's n Motion to
Dismiss Count V, ECF No. 13.
Each party will be allotted
twenty minutes of argument
time, subject to adjustment at
the Courts discretion. Then
presentation order will be as
follows: defenses opening
arguments (15); governments
opposing arguments (20);
defenses rebuttal (5). The
parties shall also be prepared
to discuss the case management
schedule, including a trial
date (Signed by Judge
Dale E. Ho on 10/30/2024)."
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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