The district court in SDNY has dismissed the criminal case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. The dismissal is with prejudice, i.e., the charges cannot be re-filed at a later date; the court rejected the DOJ's attempt to have the case dismissed without prejudice, which would have left the DOJ free to re-instate the charges at any time and for any reason. [The lengthy and quite comprehensive opinion by Judge Ho is available here].
"Everything here smacks of a bargain: dismissal of the Indictment in exchange for immigration policy concessions."
I have put lengthy excerpts from Judge Ho's opinion below. A brief summary:
