A federal judge ruled that a bribery charge against New York City Mayor Eric Adams will proceed to trial. The judge determined that the indictment sufficiently details the alleged crimes.
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that he will not dismiss a bribery charge against New York City Mayor Eric Adams . Judge Dale E. Ho stated in his opinion that the indictment unsealed against the Democrat in September sufficiently details the alleged bribery crimes, preventing dismissal of the charge prior to an April trial. Adams has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges stemming largely from his relationships with several Turkish government officials and businesspeople from 2015 to 2022.
The indictment alleges that he accepted tens of thousands of dollars in overseas travel benefits and illegal campaign donations from individuals seeking to buy his influence. It accuses him of exploiting a relationship with the Turkish officials and businesspeople that he developed after becoming Brooklyn Borough president in January 2014. He became mayor in January 2022. In his opinion, Ho rejected a request by Adams' defense lawyers to dismiss a bribery count that alleges from the summer of 2021 to the summer of 2022, Adams received free and heavily discounted luxury travel benefits from a Turkish official and others in exchange for wielding his influence to their benefit. Defense lawyers argued that the indictment's language was too vague to adequately describe the crime of bribery and that Adams never exercised formal governmental power in the manner required by law. They also claimed Adams did not have formal authority over city fire officials when he was alleged to have pressured them to issue a temporary certificate of occupancy to the Turkish Consulate for what was described as the Turkish House, a newly constructed skyscraper that serves as headquarters to multiple Turkish diplomatic missions
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