9 h. ago Washington Post columnist Jason Willick discusses the latest facing NYC Mayor Adams

Steve Inskeep talks with Jason Willick, a Washington Post columnist who argues the Trump administration needlessly created a scandal in its handling of corruption charges facing NYC Mayor Eric Adams.

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19 h. ago New York Gov. Hochul won't remove NYC Mayor Adams amid calls for him to step down

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will not remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office. He faces five federal charges of corruption and bribery -- charges which the DOJ says should be suspended.

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41 h. ago Emil Bove cites Trump's agenda for dropping Eric Adams corruption case

In a court appearance Wednesday, acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove denied that dropping the bribery case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams was part of a "quid pro quo."

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42 h. ago Aiding Trump Outweighs Prosecutions, Justice Dept. Official Suggests

Emil Bove III, the acting deputy attorney general, tried to persuade a judge to let him drop a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams. He said the mayor was crucial to the president’s agenda.

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43 h. ago Federal judge waits to decide about dismissing corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams

A federal judge did not make a determination on Wednesday whether to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

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52 h. ago Dale Ho, Judge in Adams Case, Has Faced the Trump Administration Before

Dale Ho, who will decide whether the Justice Department can drop corruption charges against Eric Adams, argued successfully against Trump policy in a 2019 Supreme Court case.

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58 h. ago Judge to Scrutinize Adams’s Dealings With Trump’s Justice Department

At a hearing Wednesday, Judge Dale E. Ho is expected to examine the extraordinary events leading up to the government’s request to drop charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York.

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58 h. ago Judge in Adams Case Has Faced Trump Administration in Court Before

Dale Ho, who will decide whether the Justice Department can drop corruption charges against Eric Adams, argued successfully against Trump policy in a 2019 Supreme Court case.

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2 d. ago NY judge orders Eric Adams, Trump DOJ officials to court over motion to dismiss corruption charges

A federal judge set a Wednesday court hearing to consider the Justice Department's motion to dismiss New York City Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case.

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3 d. ago Judge in Eric Adams Case to Consider Bid to Dismiss Corruption Charges on Wednesday

Judge Dale E. Ho will hear the government’s rationale for its request to stop the corruption case against New York’s mayor. Former U.S. attorneys are asking him to investigate.

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3 d. ago Ukraine Talks, U.S. Health Agency Cuts, NYC Mayor Eric Adams Fallout

American and Russian officials meet in Saudi Arabia for talks on negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. The Trump administration has started making broad cuts to federal health agencies. Days after the Justice Department moved to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, four of his top aides and deputy mayors announced their resignations. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today's episode of Up First was edited by Ryland Barton, Jane Greenhalgh, Denice Rios, Reena Advani and Janaya Williams. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent and our technical director is Carleigh Strange. Our Executive Producer is Kelley Dickens.

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3 d. ago NY Governor Hochul signals she may move to force NYC Mayor Eric Adams from office

NY Gov Hochul says she'll weigh NYC Mayor Eric Adams' future on Tuesday, after four of his longtime aides resigned over a corruption scandal involving the Trump administration.

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4 d. ago It’s Now Up to the Judge Whether to Drop Charges in Adams Case

Judge Dale E. Ho of Federal District Court in Manhattan has yet to respond to the government’s request to dismiss the federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams.

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