(2 Apr 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 2 April 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press:
"Manhattan federal court Judge Dale Ho granted the Justice Department’s request to drop charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday, but he made it clear that he wasn’t happy about the way the request was handled. He said the request itself, and the events surrounding it, led him to the conclusion that: "Everything here smacks of a bargain.” He says it appears that the nation’s top law enforcement officials agreed to drop their prosecution of the Democrat in exchange for the mayor’s assistance with President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. The request to drop the case—revealed six weeks ago—included a provision that would allow the Justice Department to reinstate charges after this year’s mayoral race is over. Judge Ho said he won’t allow that. He writes in a opinion that he finds it “disturbing” that public officials might receive special treatment from prosecutors by complying with policy goals. When the Justice Department first asked prosecutors in New York to seek dismissal, then–acting U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon refused. She resigned instead."
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ARCHIVE: New York – 19 February 2025
2. New York Mayor Eric Adams arriving outside the federal courthouse
3. Adams leaving the federal courthouse
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ARCHIVE: Washington – 5 March 2025
4. New York City Mayor Eric Adams approaches congressional press pool
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Adams, (D) New York:
“You know, there are those that are going to try to attempt to state the life that I’ve lived is based on a new administration. It is not, you know me. I’m the same mayor. Three things stay on my mind all the time. Public safety. Public safety. Public safety. We have to have a safe city.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 2 April 2025
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mayor Eric Adams, (D) New York:
"When I’m ready to speak, we’ll speak."
(Reporter: "Do you have any reaction at all to your case being dismissed?")
7. Adams walks away ++CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS SHOT++
NEW YORK CITY OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
New York – 2 April 2025
8. Zoom in of New York Mayor Eric Adams at podium UPSOUND (English) Adams:
“My fellow New Yorkers, today finally marks the end of this chapter.”
STORYLINE:
A federal judge dismissed New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case on Wednesday, agreeing it was the only practical outcome while blasting the Justice Department’s “troubling” rationale for wanting the charges thrown out — namely so the Democrat could help President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
The judge, though, denied prosecutors the option to refile the charges after the mayoral election. Judge Dale E. Ho’s order to dismiss the case “with prejudice” spares Adams from having to govern in a way that pleases Trump or potentially risk having the Republican’s Justice Department revive the charges.
The judge said he wasn’t opining on the merits of the case, but that courts can’t force prosecutors to move forward. Still, he expressed qualms about the government’s move, saying “there are many reasons to be troubled” by its reasoning.
“Everything here smacks of a bargain: dismissal of the indictment in exchange for immigration policy concessions,” Ho wrote. He said he found it “disturbing” that public officials might get special treatment from prosecutors by complying with policy goals.
He rejected an alternative the Justice Department had sought — dismissing the case “without prejudice,” which would have left room for the charges to be refiled.
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