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momta

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Fri Feb 21, 2025, 01:15 PM Feb 2025

Judge vacates Eric Adams corruption trial but doesn't immediately dismiss charges

Source: CNN

CNN

A federal judge has vacated the upcoming trial date for New York City Mayor Eric Adams, but declined to immediately dismiss the charges all together in a case that has roiled the Justice Department.

Judge Dale Ho, however, is appointing conservative attorney Paul Clement to present arguments challenging the Justice Department’s decision to drop charges against Adams.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/politics/eric-adams-charges-ruling/index.html

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Judge vacates Eric Adams corruption trial but doesn't immediately dismiss charges (Original Post) momta Feb 2025 OP
Were NJ Senators offered such a deal? & more from the article: bucolic_frolic Feb 2025 #1

bucolic_frolic

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1. Were NJ Senators offered such a deal? & more from the article:
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 01:34 PM
Feb 2025

"Adams, who consented in writing to the deal to drop the charges, has denied any quid pro quo with the Trump administration for dropping the charges of bribery, corruption, wire fraud and soliciting and accepting donations from foreign nationals in exchange for boosting President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda."

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/politics/eric-adams-charges-ruling/index.html

Just have to ask ... Was Sen. Harrison "Pete" Williams Jr. offered such a deal? How about Sen. Menendez?

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