A judge responded for the first time since the federal government asked for the case against the New York City mayor to be dismissed. Officials with the Trump administration and lawyers for New York City Mayor Eric Adams must appear in court as they seek dismissal of criminal charges against the Democrat, a federal judge ordered on Feb. 18. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a lawyer for Adams did not respond to requests for comment by publication time. “The Acting Deputy Attorney General reached that conclusion after learning,...

The federal judge overseeing the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams has scheduled a hearing Wednesday to consider the Justice Department’s controversial motion to dismiss the charges. This will be the first public faceoff since seven federal prosecutors, including the interim US attorney for the Southern District of New York, resigned in protest and four deputy mayors departed City Hall. The Justice Department motion to dismiss the case was signed by prosecutors, including acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, on Friday. It said the case should be...

The judge presiding over the corruption case against Mayor Adams on Tuesday ordered prosecutors for the Department of Justice to appear in court to explain their reasons for seeking to dismiss it. Manhattan Federal Judge Dale Ho told prosecutors to appear before him at 2 p.m. Wednesday to address “the scope and effect” of the mayor’s consent to the arrangement and the procedure they believe should be carried out to resolve the motion. The DOJ on Friday moved to dismiss the sweeping public corruption case after several prosecutors quit rather...

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge scheduled a Wednesday hearing in the prosecution of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, ordering lawyers to address the reasons why the Justice Department asked to dismiss corruption charges and the “scope and effect” of the mayor’s consent. Judge Dale E. Ho in Manhattan set the hearing in a written order Tuesday as his first response to the government’s Friday request to dismiss the charges after a weeklong turmoil that led to resignations by several top prosecutors in Washington and New York who...

Acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove made the filing with two other Washington-based Justice officials on Friday evening after dozens of other prosecutors had refused to do so and the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and six other lawyers resigned in protest. But in a remarkable move, Bove last week ordered acting U.S. attorney Danielle Sassoon, whose office was overseeing the case, to end the prosecution. Bove acknowledged that the decision was not based on the strength of the evidence or legal theories underpinning the...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A federal judge in New York has summoned the Justice Department and lawyers for Mayor Eric Adams to a hearing Wednesday to discuss the motion to dismiss. The news comes as Gov. Kathy Hochul is convening "key leaders" at her East Side office for a series of meetings, both in person and virtually, to discuss a "path forward" for the city that could determine the future of Mayor Adams House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Rep Gregory Meeks, State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, City Council Speaker Adrienne...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday ordered U.S. prosecutors to appear in court this week to address why they are seeking to dismiss criminal charges filed against New York Mayor Eric Adams. The hearing comes after a Justice Department official appointed by Republican President Donald Trump ordered prosecutors to seek dismissal of the case. At least a half-dozen federal prosecutors resigned rather than obey the order, but other officials eventually formally sought dismissal on Friday. U.S. District Judge Dale Ho, an appointee of former Democratic President Joe Biden,...

The federal judge overseeing the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams has scheduled a hearing on the Justice Department’s request to drop the charges.

US District Judge Dale Ho set a conference for 2 p.m. on Wednesday on the motion to dismiss. He said Tuesday that, though the government’s decision to abandon a prosecution is entitled to great weight, the court must independently determine that its reasons are substantial.