The Justice Department has told prosecutors in the Southern District of New York to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams, according to a memo obtained by Bloomberg Law.
“It cannot be ignored that Mayor Adams criticized the prior Administration’s immigration policies before the charges were filed, and the former U.S. Attorney’s public actions created appearances of impropriety,” Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove wrote in a memo to the acting US attorney in Manhattan Monday.
Bove added that “the pending prosecution has unduly restricted Mayor Adams’ ability to devote full attention and resources to the illegal immigration and violent ...