The judge postpones the case against the mayor of NYC Adams but does not yet reject the charges

The US judge decided to delay the trial of New York Mayor Eric Adams until further notice, stopping or rejecting corruption charges or refused to dismiss them.
The decision comes only a few days after the American acting prosecutor’s duties of deputy prosecutor Emil Bove asked the plaintiff Drop all corruption costs against the mayor.
In the proposal for rejection, Bove said that legal proceedings against Adams reduce other priorities of the Ministry of Justice, such as illegal immigration and violent crime.
New York Mayor Eric Adams goes to Court Thurgood Marshall of the United States in New York on Friday, November 1, 2024. (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital)
“The prosecution has been unnecessarily limited by Mayor Adams’ ability to pay full attention and resources to the illegal immigration and violent crime that escalated in the policies of the previous administration,” Bove said in the submission of the application.
The charges against Adams will remain untouched as long as the chairman, the judge, the US District Judge Dale Ho, agrees to dismiss them.
HO appointed a lawyer Paul Clement against a proposal for rejection and assistance in the courtroom in decision -making. He sent legal submissions to submit on March 7 and, if necessary, he said he would be hearing on March 14th.
Adams does not have to appear at future hearing.
In a slightly unusual move, HO on Wednesday refused to rule immediately from the bench on the proposal of the Ministry of Justice to reject, stating the need to further consider the facts around the case and what he characterized as a “unusual situation.”
“This is a very complicated situation, at least where I am sitting,” Ho said after about 90-minute hearing.
“I won’t shoot the hook here on the bench,” he said at the end of the hearing.
The US Deputy State Attorney Emil Bove, a former Trump lawyer, was seen in court. (Angela Weiss – Pool/Getty Images)
Not to give up the charges against Adamas is very unusual, and no appealing court ranked the federal judge who refused to approve the incomplete proposal for rejection.
Adams has been charged in September of five federal charges of corruption and bribe, related to the alleged collection of illegal contributions to the campaign and allegedly receiving luxury trips on behalf of Turkish foreign nationals, according to the Ministry of Justice.
Adams declared that he was not guilty of all charges last fall and denied any injustice hard.
New York Mayor Eric Adams goes to Court Thurgood Marshall of the United States in New York on Friday, November 1, 2024. (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital)
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“I want to be crystal clear with New York: I never offered – nor did anyone offer on my behalf – any trade of my powers as your mayor to end my case. Never,” Adams said in a Friday.
Even without court proceedings, the allegations themselves could endanger Adam’s offer to re -election in 2025. Adams is already facing calls to resign as mayor, and New York’s government Kathy Hochul told reporters this week to weigh the possibility of using her position to remove Adams as mayor.
Fox News’ Maria Paronich contributed to this report.