Acting US Deputy Attorney General Emal Boo has ordered the federal prosecution in New York. A senior Justice Department official said on Monday evening that allegations of corruption against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
The official said the order was to reject all the allegations against Adams, and that dismissal is without prejudice, which means that the allegations can be abolished in the future.
The allegations have not yet been excluded and the federal prosecutor in New York has not responded to the request for a comment immediately. A movement will be presented by the prosecution in the southern district of New York, where the allegations were brought. The removal movement will also have to be reviewed by the judge.
Former New York Department of Police, Adams, who was elected mayor in 2021, was accused of bribery, fraud and other counting in the crime in September. This person has been accused of Adams of taking about 100,000 free aircraft tickets and in the luxury hotel richly Turkish citizens and at least one government official in a decade -long corruption scheme Living.
Adams have requested not to be guilty. He has said that he is innocent, that the allegations are politically encouraged and he will fight the allegations.
The allegations will be reviewed when Trump’s appointed US lawyer is confirmed, a senior officer of the Justice Department said on Monday.
Damien Williams, a US lawyer appointed by Biden for the southern district of New York, resigned President Trump after winning the 2024 elections.
According to NBC News, at the end of January, Adams’ lawyer contacted the leadership of the Justice Department about leaving a criminal case against them.
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