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

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