For Eric
Adams Bribery DOJ Nolle
Prosequi Pending Now
Former Prosecutors File
Again
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Feb 20 – 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 case. Sovereign
District book here
On February 14
after 6 pm, DOJ's Edward
Sullivan filed a nolle
prosequi citing Damian
Williams' website and
asserting Adams' need for
security clearance for
immigration enforcement.
Judge Dale E. Ho
set and held a February 19
hearing, Inner City Press
thread here.
Back on February
17 Inner City Press filed an
application to unseal:
On February 20,
the former US Attorneys filed
again: "During yesterday’s
hearing, only one perspective
was offered to the Court.
FRCP 48(a) requires more
than that" - and, press
applications to seal should be
addressed. Former US
Attorneys' letter on Patreon
here.
More on X for
Subscribers here
& Substack here
The Adams case is
USA v. Adams, 1:24-cr-556 (Ho)
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