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Adams Straw Donations Sassoon
Was Directed to Dismiss Now
Resigns
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
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SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Feb 13 – The five-count
indictment of NYC Mayor Eric
Adams was unsealed in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrates Court. Inner City
Press was the first one in and
live tweeted it. City of Maybe
book
The unsealing thread
On September 17
at noon he was arraigned and
pleaded not guilty. Thread.
On February 10,
2025 DOJ's Emil Bove - a
former SDNY prosecutor - wrote
to acting US Attorney Danielle
Sassoon ordering her to move
to dismiss the indictment: "You are directed,
as authorized by the Attorney
General, to dismiss the
pending charges in US v. Adams
as soon as is practicable." On
September 11 Inner City Press
repeatedly checked in front of
Judge Ho's courtroom, as well
as the docket: nothing.
Meanwhile on
February 11, it was belatedly
docketed that Mohamed Bahi has
signed a plea agreement.
On February 13,
with no motion to dismiss yet
filed, Inner City Press was in
the SDNY Magistrates Court
amid much checking of smart
phones. Acting US Attorney
Sassoon had resigned; Matthew
Podolsky appears next in line.
What will he do? And the
others?
More on X for
Subscribers here
& Substack here
Back on November
1 Judge Ho heard argument,
including the AUSA citing
Judge Rochan's denial of a
Snyder motion to dismiss in US
v Starks, one of the NYCHA
bribery cases Inner City Press
has covered - and reserved
decision - on Count V, and set
the trial day for April 21,
2025 - thread
On December 23
the prosecutors wrote in that
Erden Arkan, "Businessman-5"
in the Adams indictment,
intends to plead guilty.
On January 10
Arkan pled guilty, Inner City
Press was there and later
asked his lawyer if Arkan will
testify. There was no answer,
but sentencing was put off to
August 15, after Adams' trial,
with zero to six month
guideline.
On February 7 the
US Attorney's Office wrote in
to consolidate Mohamed Bahi's
case, saying he intends to
plead guilty, letter on
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for Subscribers here
and Substack
here
This case is USA
v. Arkan, 25-cr-13 (Ho)
The Adams case is
USA v. Adams, 1:24-cr-556 (Ho)
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