NY Trial Attorney David Schwartz Talking About DOJ Meeting With NYC Mayor Eric Adams' Lawyers About Dropping Corruption Case @fox5ny

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0:01 right now on the 10:00 news the latest 0:04 developments surrounding mayor Eric 0:06 Adams his lawyers in Washington DC 0:08 meeting with the justice department 0:09 today Fox 5 Sharon Crowley live in The 0:11 Newsroom with what it could mean for the 0:12 future of the mayor's corruption and 0:14 bribery case Sharon yeah we're following 0:16 this story closely Fox 5 has learned 0:17 that the Department of Justice is 0:19 considering dropping charges against New 0:21 York city mayor Eric Adams the mayor's 0:23
defense team for his corruption case 0:25 meeting with the doj in Washington DC 0:28 today take a look here is a picture of 0:31 the mayor's defense lawyer Alex Spyro in 0:33 Washington DC this afternoon where he 0:35 met with doj officials as well as 0:38 Manhattan prosecutors handling the 0:40 mayor's criminal case now the mayor is 0:42 facing bribery charges which alleg he 0:45 accepted perks and campaign money in
0:47 exchange for influence he's pled not 0:49 guilty to the charges vowing to defend 0:52 himself against the federal bribery 0:54 counts now I spoke a short time ago with 0:56 a criminal defense lawyer and former New 0:58 York State prosecutor David Schwarz It's 1:01 Not Unusual for the doj to meet with 1:06 defense attorneys talk about the case to 1:09 see if there could be an amicable 1:11 solution to this case and the bottom 1:14 line is the the evidence in this case is 1:17 on very shaky ground to start with we 1:20 are talking about upgrades in flights we 1:24 are talking about what the government 1:26 says is a quid pro quo which where the 1:29 the links just don't the timing doesn't 1:32 link up to Favors done for the Turkish 1:36 Consulate which is a normal course of 1:38 business for the mayor of the city of 1:40 New York to accommodate all the various 1:43 diplomats and consulates that we have in 1:45 this 1:46 city so the mayor's criminal corruption 1:49 trial is set to start in April and legal 1:51 experts telling me it's not unusual for 1:54 a defense team to try to get the charges 1:56 dropped when a new Administration comes 1:58 into power president Trump has said 2:01 publicly he would consider giving the 2:03 mayor a pardon mayor Adams has recently 2:06 been to meet with President Trump at 2:08 maral Lago and attended his inauguration 2:11 we asked Governor Kathy hokel and 2:12 minority leader hakee Jeff about the 2:14 mayor's case earlier today I would have 2:17 no inside knowledge about that other 2:20 than what I see that you're reporting 2:22 I've repeatedly indicated he's entitled 2:24 to the presumption of innocence and to 2:27 work through the judicial process until 2:30 that judicial process comes to a close 2:32 I'll have nothing further to 2:34 add well mayor Adams did not go to DC 2:37 today he remains in New York City after 2:39 missing a few days of work earlier this 2:41 week because of medical reasons for now 2:43 I'll send it back to you Natasha all 2:45 right Shar