{"id":108901,"date":"2024-10-01T00:24:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T17:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108901"},"modified":"2024-10-01T00:24:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T17:24:44","slug":"eric-adamss-lawyers-ask-judge-to-dismiss-bribery-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108901","title":{"rendered":"Eric Adams\u2019s Lawyers Ask Judge to Dismiss Bribery Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Lawyers for Mayor Eric Adams asked a federal judge on Monday to throw out the bribery charge against him, providing an early glimpse at how the defense plans to attack <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/25\/nyregion\/eric-adams-indicted.html\" title=\"\">the first federal indictment of a sitting mayor<\/a> in modern New York City history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a 25-page filing, Mr. Adams\u2019s lawyers argued that the accusations against the mayor did not meet the federal definition of bribery, pointing to a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/26\/us\/politics\/supreme-court-corruption-bribery.html\" title=\"\">recent Supreme Court ruling<\/a> that raised the bar for prosecutors to bring corruption cases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The filing comes four days after federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/09\/26\/nyregion\/eric-adams-indictment-charges-annotated.html\" title=\"\">five-count indictment against the mayor<\/a>, including charges of bribery and fraud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prosecutors said Mr. Adams accepted luxury travel benefits worth more than $100,000, as well as illegal campaign contributions from Turkey \u2014 and granted political favors to Turkish officials in exchange for these gifts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/30\/nyregion\/adams-lawyer-indictment-defense.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawyers for Mayor Eric Adams asked a federal judge on Monday to throw out the bribery charge against him, providing an early glimpse at how the defense plans to attack &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108901\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}