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New York City Mayor Eric Adams' historic federal corruption case has been dropped.
Judge Dale Ho has agreed to the U.S. Department of Justice's request to drop the charges against Adams, but he did so "with prejudice." That means Adams cannot be re-tried on the same charges at a later time - a stipulation the Justice Department sought in its initial request to dismiss the case.
The decision to formally drop the case comes after Judge Ho appointed Paul Clement as a "friend of the court" to present arguments over the DOJ's request. The initial...
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