NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked a federal judge to toss out the corruption case against him Wednesday, alleging prosecutorial misconduct, even as the Justice Department seeks dismissal of the charges on the Democrat’s behalf.
In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, his lawyers alleged that the misconduct occurred when the government publicly leaked a letter then-U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi explaining why charges should not be dropped.
She wrote the letter, offering to resign as she refused to follow acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove’s directive to drop the charges against the embattled mayor two weeks ago. Bove accepted the
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