A New York City government watchdog group wrote a letter to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg urging him to open an investigation into the dropped criminal charges against former Mayor Eric Adams.
Adams was indicted in 2024 on five counts of federal bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy to solicit a campaign donation from a foreign national. He pleaded not guilty and repeatedly maintained his innocence.
The charges were ultimately dropped after the U.S. Department of Justice sent a memo to New York prosecutors to dismiss the case. The memo said, in part, the case was hindering Adams’ ability to help President Trump’s administration with its immigration crackdown.
Group says dismissal was part of a “quid pro quo”
In its letter, government watchdog group Citizens United said the dismissal decision was based on federal immigration enforcement priority rather than “doubts about the quality of sufficiency of the government’s case.”…