Hochul to Weigh Removing Mayor Eric Adams. Here’s What to Know.
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Hochul to Weigh Removing Mayor Eric Adams. Here’s What to Know.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Gov. Kathy Hochul raised the prospect of removing Mayor Eric Adams from office late Monday and met with “key leaders” in Manhattan on Tuesday to discuss “the path forward, with the goal of ensuring stability for the City of New York.” “Overturning the…

Opinion | Farewell, Justice Department Independence
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Opinion | Farewell, Justice Department Independence

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Over just a few days last week, the Trump administration made a laughingstock of the U.S. Department of Justice. The department’s decision to seek the dismissal of a corruption indictment against Mayor Eric Adams of New York led seven prosecutors handling the case…

4 Top Officials Expected to Resign Over Adams’s Cooperation with Trump
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4 Top Officials Expected to Resign Over Adams’s Cooperation with Trump

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Four top New York City officials are expected to resign in the coming days, after the outgoing U.S. attorney for Manhattan accused the mayor of trading cooperation with President Trump’s mass deportation agenda for a dismissal of his criminal indictment, according to three…

It’s Now Up to the Judge Whether to Drop Charges in Adams Case
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It’s Now Up to the Judge Whether to Drop Charges in Adams Case

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Manhattan judge overseeing the federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams will be in the spotlight this week after a standoff between federal prosecutors and the Justice Department over a directive to drop the charges against the mayor. The order, issued last…

Adams Forcefully Resists Calls to Resign: ‘I Am Going Nowhere’
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Adams Forcefully Resists Calls to Resign: ‘I Am Going Nowhere’

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Whenever Mayor Eric Adams has faced adversity, he has sought refuge in the pulpit of Black churches, and he returned there on Sunday as he confronted fresh calls to resign. Mr. Adams, a New York City Democrat who is running for re-election, made…

Judges Generally Let Prosecutors Drop Charges. Maybe Not for Adams.
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Judges Generally Let Prosecutors Drop Charges. Maybe Not for Adams.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Federal judges have almost no ability under the law to refuse a government request to drop criminal charges. The corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York may be the exception. On Thursday, Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor, Danielle R. Sassoon, resigned rather…

Mayor Adams May Avoid a Criminal Trial. He Still Faces Political Peril.
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Mayor Adams May Avoid a Criminal Trial. He Still Faces Political Peril.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When the Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors on Monday to drop the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, he hoped that it would save his political career and allow him to better focus on governing the nation’s largest city….

Hagan Scotten, Adams’s Lead Prosecutor, Quits Defiantly
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Hagan Scotten, Adams’s Lead Prosecutor, Quits Defiantly

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Hagan Scotten, the lead prosecutor on the federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, resigned after Justice Department officials ordered the dismissal of charges he had helped bring, suggesting that only a “fool” or a “coward” would obey. In…

How the Justice Dept. Helped Sink Its Own Case Against Eric Adams
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How the Justice Dept. Helped Sink Its Own Case Against Eric Adams

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump had just taken office when lawyers for Mayor Eric Adams of New York went to the White House with an extraordinary request: They formally asked in a letter that the new president pardon the mayor in a federal corruption case that…