A federal decide has dismissed the prison case in opposition to New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams (D) with prejudice, guaranteeing that the fees can’t be refiled in opposition to him.
The ruling itself dropping the fees comes after the Trump administration’s Justice Division (DOJ) requested that the case be dismissed in opposition to the embattled mayor, who was dealing with a spread of expenses alleging corruption.
The ruling is notable in that the DOJ had requested the fees be dropped with out prejudice, which might have allowed them to be probably refiled at a later date.
Critics and authorized specialists expressed concern that the transfer might trigger Adams to be beneath the Trump administration’s thumb to keep away from the fees being refiled.
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