The Justice Department on Wednesday will argue that the Biden administration weaponized the government to prosecute New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams, according to a senior DOJ official.
U.S. District Judge Dale Ho ordered the DOJ to appear in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday afternoon to explain its reasoning behind its motion last week to drop the case against Adams. Adams, who has faced corruption charges, was directed to file a written consent form for the DOJ’s motion to dismiss and appear before the court.
Ho ordered that the DOJ be prepared to address the “reasons for the Government’s motion” to dismiss.
The DOJ is expected to tell the judge that the case was dropped in part because of President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at “ending the weaponization of the federal government.”
A senior DOJ official said during a Tuesday briefing that…
