Eric Adams asks judge to toss corruption case, claiming prosecutorial misconduct

Lawyers push for charges to be dropped over leaked internal DoJ correspondence about the New York mayor

The New York City mayor, Eric Adams, asked a federal judge to toss out the corruption case against him on Wednesday, alleging prosecutorial misconduct, even as the justice department seeks dismissal of the charges on the Democrat's behalf.

In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, his lawyers alleged that the misconduct occurred when the government publicly leaked a letter that the then US attorney Danielle Sassoon wrote to the attorney general, Pam Bondi, explaining why charges should not be dropped.