Eric Adams lawyers call for NYC corruption case to be tossed because DOJ letter leaks were prosecutorial misconduct
Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal case should be tossed once-and-for-all because bombshell letters from Manhattan federal prosecutors “destroyed whatever presumption of innocence” Hizzoner had left, his lawyers argued in a new court filing Wednesday.Hizzoner’s attorneys filed a motion in Manhattan federal court early Wednesday to have the corruption case dismissed due to alleged “prosecutorial misconduct” over an “extraordinary flurry of leaked internal Justice Department correspondence” — including a letter detailing how prosecutors were prepping a new indictment against him.The leaks, which unfolded soon after President Trump’s Justice Department moved to kill the case earlier this month, were filled with “wildly inflammatory” and false accusations against the embattled mayor, the latest filing charges.“Simply put, the government’s conduct has destroyed whatever presumption of innocence Mayor Adams had left,” Adams’ lawyers argued in the motion.
“The most appropriate recourse is to dismiss this case now and do so with prejudice.That is true based on this latest leak alone and independent of the fact that the government itself wants nothing to do with these meritless charges and has moved to dismiss them.”The filing added: “Mayor Adams has no choice but to make this motion now based on the most recent prosecutorial misconduct.”The move comes after then-interim US Attorney Danielle Sassoon abruptly resigned on Feb.
12 rather than obey an order from Acting Deputy US Attorney General Emil Bove to drop the charges leveled against the mayor.In her resignation letter, which was obtained by The Post at the time, Sassoon accused the DOJ of dangling a quid pro quo to ensure Adams would help Trump’s immigration fight in exchange for his criminal case being dismissed.
The letter, too, also detailed how federal prosecutors had been prepared to bring a new bombshell indictment charging Hizzoner with destroying evidence and telling people ...