Extra: For Eric Adams Straw Donations Sassoon Was Directed to Dismiss Now Resigns

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by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Feb 13 – The five-count indictment of NYC Mayor Eric Adams was unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrates Court. Inner City Press was the first one in and live tweeted it. City of Maybe book

The unsealing thread

On September 17 at noon he was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Thread.

On February 10, 2025 DOJ's Emil Bove - a former SDNY prosecutor - wrote to acting US Attorney Danielle Sassoon ordering her to move to dismiss the indictment: "You are directed, as authorized by the Attorney General, to dismiss the pending charges in US v. Adams as soon as is practicable." On September 11 Inner City Press repeatedly checked in front of Judge Ho's courtroom, as well as the docket: nothing.

Meanwhile on February 11, it was belatedly docketed that Mohamed Bahi has signed a plea agreement.

On February 13, with no motion to dismiss yet filed, Inner City Press was in the SDNY Magistrates Court amid much checking of smart phones. Acting US Attorney Sassoon had resigned; Matthew Podolsky appears next in line. The other AUSAs on the Adams case?

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