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Eric Adams corruption case dismissed by federal judge

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Adams has always insisted he is innocent.
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A U.S. judge on Wednesday dismissed the U.S. Department of Justice's corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, and said the charges cannot be brought again.
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Judge Ho concluded that the career prosecutors in the case in Manhattan abided by DOJ guidelines and said "there is no evidence — zero — that they had improper motives" in seeking indictment of the m...

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