US Justice Department decides to close corruption case against New York mayor

The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered federal prosecutors in Manhattan to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams. This was reported by The New York Times on February 10.

"You are ordered to drop (the charges against Eric Adams - Ed.)," reads a letter signed by Acting Deputy U.S. Attorney General Emil Bove, available to The New York Times.

It also ordered the government to restore Adams' security clearance, which the New York City mayor had been stripped of since his indictment in September 2024. Bove also accused the former Manhattan federal prosecutor who brought the charges against Adams of doing so for political reasons, though he offered no evidence.

"I said from the beginning that the mayor was innocent of anything and would win. Today he did," Adams' attorney Alex Spiro told the NYT publication.

In addition, Bove wrote that the department wants the charges dropped not because of questions about the mayor's guilt or innocence, but because the case was not brought at the right time.

The U.S. Justice Department also requested that "no further investigative action" be taken against Adams until after the city's mayoral election, scheduled for November 2025.

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