Mayor Eric Adams‘ legal team wasted no time in filing a motion Monday requesting a judge dismiss federal bribery charges against him — one of five the US Justice Department brought in a historic indictment of the city’s chief executive last week.
In the motion, Adams’ lawyers — led by celebrity attorney Alex Spiro — argue the charge of bribery against the mayor should be tossed because Adams’ alleged behavior in the indictment does not meet the federal legal standard for the crime. To justify their argument, Adams lawyers cited a recent US Supreme Court ruling in which the body’s conservative majority overturned the corruption conviction James Snyder, an ex-GOP mayor of Portage, IN.
