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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jake Offenhartz

NYC Mayor Eric Adams set to return to court as his lawyers seek to get bribery charge tossed

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams is scheduled to return to court Friday as he seeks to fend off federal corruption charges while battling for his political future.

The Democrat is expected to appear at the 2 p.m. hearing in Manhattan federal court, where his lawyers are set to argue that a bribery charge — one of five counts against Adams — should be thrown out because it does not meet the federal standard of a crime.

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