A lawyer for New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with officials at the Department of Justice in Washington as his team seeks to have his corruption case dropped.
NBC New York reported earlier in the week Adams' legal team had reached out to new DOJ officials in the Trump administration seeking to have the corruption case against the mayor droppedin Washington Friday afternoon amid reports the mayor's team has sought to have his corruption case dropped, according to three sources familiar with the meeting.
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office declined to comment on the recent developments. Meanwhile, a spokesman for the mayor referred NBC New York to his legal team, who did not immediately return request for comment.It's not unusual for a high-profile defendant to ask the Justice Department under a new administration to take a fresh look at a case.
The timing of NYC Mayor Eric Adam's withdrawal from the public eye due to routine medical tests has caused new questions about the future of the embattled mayor. NBC New York's Melissa Russo reports.who was out of the public eye for the first part of the week dealing with an unidentified medical issue, returned to spotlight on Thursday.
"Who started this stupid rumor that I was stepping down on Friday? Are you out of your mind?" a fired-up Adams said to cheers from clergy at an interfaith breakfast Thursday morning."'Eric is resigning in 72 hours.' How many times do I have to say: When people say step down, I say step up."
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