The US Ministry of Justice told prosecutors to abolish the corruption case against the mayor of New York, Eric Adams.
The acting assistant prosecutor Emil Bove, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, asked federal prosecutors in the South New York district to suppress all the accusations on Monday.
In a memo, he declared that the indictment could have an impact on the next election of the mayor and that he had “restricted” the ability of Adams to fight against “illegal immigration and violent crimes” in the city.
Adams is accused of accepting illegal campaign funds and gifts from Turkish businessmen in exchange for his influence as mayor. He Pleaded not guilty Five accusations of corruption, conspiracy and campaign financing violations in September.
“You are ordered, as authorized by the Attorney General, to reject the ongoing accusations,” said Bove prosecutors.
Prosecutors did not indicate if they intended to remove the case as requested. Any decision to do so must be officially subject to the court and approved by a judge.
The memo adds that the case can be revised again after the election of the mayor of November 2025, but he says that no “investigation into the measures” should only take it so far.
He also indicates that prosecutors should “take all measures in your power so that the mayor’s security authorization is restored”.
Bove, who recently worked as a lawyer for the defense of Trump during his criminal trial last year, wrote that the Ministry of Justice “had reached this conclusion without assessing the force of evidence or legal theories on Which the case is founded “and” does not call in any case by questioning the integrity and efforts “of the prosecutors who carried the case.
The memo followed a meeting reported between Adams lawyers and federal prosecutors in New York.
Adams, a democrat, recently moved to establish a closer relationship with Trump and his administration. He attended the presidential inauguration last month and also flew to Florida for a meeting.
In recent weeks, the 64 -year -old mayor has ordered the city forces to cooperate with the federal immigration authorities during New York Fresh Raids. Critics say it is local sanctuary Laws, which order city leaders not to cooperate with the authorities unless they aim to arrest dangerous criminals.
Adams denied talking to President Trump about his case.
The service note of the Ministry of Justice also alleges that ADAMS was targeted by the Department during the passage of former President Joe Biden in power. Bove has provided no evidence for this.
Professor Stephen Gillers, expert in legal ethics at the New York University Law School, told NBC News that the note of Bove’s note which ordered that the case was abandoned, was “baseless insufficiency and offensive insufficiency against The former American prosecutor and the lawyers who worked on the Adams affair “.
The mayor’s lawyer, on the other hand, said that it was a victory for his client.
“As I said from the start, the mayor is innocent – and he would prevail. Today he did,” said Alex Spiro.
The Bureau of the United States lawyer in Manhattan, who has brought the case, has not yet commented.
