Attorneys for New York Mayor Eric Adams have urged a federal court to dismiss one of the five criminal charges brought against him this past week.
In a motion filed on Sept. 30, Adams’s legal team argued for the dismissal of a bribery charge, claiming that the mayor did not take bribes from the Turkish government while allegedly pressuring the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) to fast-track the opening of a 36-story Turkish Consulate in Manhattan.
“Despite the fact that the indictment reproduces quotes from messages, emails, and conversations for numerous other points, it does not allege any specific exchanges or conversations in which Adams and the Turkish official entered into this purported quid pro quo agreement,” his legal team wrote….