NYC Mayor Adams Moves Quickly to Dismiss US Bribery Charge (2)

New York City Mayor Eric Adams moved quickly to build his defense against federal corruption charges, asking a judge Monday to throw out a bribery charge that doesn’t “amount to a federal crime at all.”

Prosecutors claimed in an indictment unsealed Thursday that Adams began accepting improper benefits, including luxury travel from wealthy Turkish businesspeople when he was Brooklyn Borough President. He’s also accused of secretly accepting illegal contributions to his 2021 mayoral campaign.

Adams’ lawyer, Alex Spiro, took the unusual step of filing a motion to dismiss part of the case quickly, instead of taking weeks, or even months. ...