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(NewsNation) — New York Mayor Eric Adams' national bribery lawsuit has been dismissed with prejudice, tribunal records show.
The lawsuit has been dropped with prejudice, meaning the authorities cannot bring these charges against Adams again successful the future.
In a missive filed Wednesday, Judge Dale Ho noted pursuing the lawsuit aft the Department of Justice's bid to drop it would beryllium "futile," NewsNation section affiliate PIX11 reports.
"Some volition undoubtedly find today’s determination unsatisfying," Ho wrote. "The Court again emphasizes that it does not explicit immoderate sentiment arsenic to the merits of the lawsuit oregon whether the prosecution of Mayor Adams 'should' determination forward. The Court notes lone that it has nary authorization to necessitate that it continue."
Ho enactment specified a determination successful the tribunal of nationalist opinion.
"It is the public’s judgment, and not this Court’s, that genuinely matters," Ho wrote.
Adams was indicted successful September connected national charges including bribery, solicitation of a publication by a overseas nationalist and ligament fraud.
Adams has consistently maintained his innocence.
