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  • Re: Adams announces ICE return to Rikers Island after meeting with Trum

    From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Feb 13 22:28:04 2025
    On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:09:18 -0500, Auric Hellman
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    That didn't take very long, and neither seems to care about the
    transparency of their actions.

    Order to Drop Adams Case Prompts Resignations in New York and
    Washington
    ...
    ...
    Ms. Sassoon, 38, made a startling accusation in her letter. She wrote
    that the mayor's lawyers had "repeatedly urged what amounted to a quid
    pro quo, indicating that Adams would be in a position to assist with
    the Department's enforcement priorities only if the indictment were
    dismissed."

    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/nyregion/danielle-sassoon-quit-eric-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Feb 14 09:38:19 2025
    On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:09:18 -0500, Auric Hellman
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    That didn't take very long, and neither seems to care about the
    transparency of their actions.

    The NYT reports that Acting Deputy AG Emil Bove coached Mayor Eric
    Adams' attorneys on what to argue in order to get the charges
    dismissed (namely, that the charges were interfering with the mayor's
    ability to cooperate with Trump's immigration crackdown)

    https://bsky.app/profile/petersterne.com/post/3li433fk7ns2g

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Feb 14 18:20:40 2025
    On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:09:18 -0500, Auric Hellman
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    That didn't take very long, and neither seems to care about the
    transparency of their actions.

    Now, is Pamela Jo Bondi going to support T-Borg's "deep state"? =========================

    Under-pressure prosecutors ask to drop Eric Adams charges after seven
    resign

    Veteran official puts name to withdrawal of corruption charges to
    avert further mass resignations by prosecutors

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/justice-department-officials-resign-eric-adams-charges

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Feb 14 21:28:37 2025
    On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:11:20 -0500, Auric Hellman
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Whatever

    On another note, keep an eye on Dale Ho (a wildcard here)

    The decision gave the justice department what it needed to seek the
    end of the Adams case and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, said in an appearance on Fox News that the mayor's case "is being dismissed
    today", although that power rests with the presiding US district
    judge, Dale Ho, in New York. Ho has limited ability to deny the
    request but could still order a hearing to put the decision under
    scrutiny.

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/justice-department-officials-resign-eric-adams-charges

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Feb 15 08:13:10 2025
    On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:11:20 -0500, Auric Hellman
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Whatever

    Pamela's rhetoric suggested she was out of the loop (from tidbits I'm
    aware of)
    =======================================

    Why Bondi? Why is my wrath not limited to Emil Bove, the acting
    assistant attorney general? After all, it was Bove (apparently rhymes
    with "no way") who wrote the instantly infamous memo ordering Danielle
    Sassoon, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New
    York, to dismiss all charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams "as
    soon as is practicable." (Sassoon quit instead.)

    True enough, Bove's Bond-villain name and his broodingly pharaonic
    countenance help finger him as an easy bad guy. But read the damn
    memo. Here's how it starts: "You [Sassoon] are directed, as authorized
    by the Attorney General, to dismiss the pending charges in United
    States vs. Adams."

    As authorized by the attorney general. There it is. The top law
    enforcement officer of the United States, five days on the job,
    ordered that corruption charges, painstakingly assembled over a
    multiyear period by prosecutors in New York's Southern District, be
    dismissed.

    https://newrepublic.com/post/191552/trump-ag-pam-bondi-corrupt-eric-adams

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Feb 15 22:04:46 2025
    On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:11:20 -0500, Auric Hellman
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Whatever

    WSJ Editorial Board: The Trump Trial of Danielle Sassoon

    The young prosecutor behaved well in resigning, not so her bosses at
    the Justice Department.
    ...
    ...
    The resignations of prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney's office for the
    Southern District of New York this week are playing in the press as
    typical "resistance" to Donald Trump. They're far from that, and the
    real story speaks well of the prosecutors but sends a rotten message
    to any lawyer who might want to join the Trump Administration.
    ...
    ...
    None of this reflects well on the Bondi Justice Department. Rather
    than accept a meeting with the leader of the most important U.S.
    Attorney's office, the new AG passed the buck to her acting deputy.
    That deputy then showed awful political judgment

    https://www.wsj.com/opinion/danielle-sassoon-eric-adams-prosecution-emil-bove-pam-bondi-justice-department-donald-trump-79de98d6

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Feb 17 21:37:48 2025
    On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:11:20 -0500, Auric Hellman
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Pressure is on for Hochul to remove
    Adams from office

    Gov. Hochul says she's meeting with "key leaders" in Manhattan
    tomorrow to discuss the prospect removing Mayor Adams after four
    deputy mayors resigned. "If they feel unable to serve in City Hall at
    this time, that raises serious questions about the long-term future of
    this Mayoral administration"

    https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccaclewis.bsky.social/post/3lig6h2fhcs2w

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Feb 18 10:16:23 2025
    On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:11:20 -0500, Auric Hellman
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Whatever it is

    A judge ordered New York Mayor Eric Adams, his attorneys, and
    Department of Justice prosecutors to appear in court Wednesday to
    explain the DOJ's bid to dismiss criminal charges against Adams.
    ...
    ...
    Manhattan U.S. District Judge Dale Ho's order suggests he will not
    rubber stamp the DOJ's highly unusual dismissal request, which has
    sparked concerns that the Trump administration struck a deal to toss
    the case in exchange for Adams cooperating with enforcing immigration
    laws.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/18/judge-orders-eric-adams-doj-court-case-dismissal-request.html

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Mar 7 20:18:47 2025
    On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:11:20 -0500, Auric Hellman
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Whatever it is

    T-Borg will not have "control" over Adams now if Judge Dale Ho agrees.
    ======

    Paul Clement, the attorney tapped by judge in NY to advise on handling
    of Eric Adams case, recommends he dismiss the case WITH prejudice --
    despite DOJ's suggestion otherwise -- to prevent potential of future prosecution from hanging like a "sword of Damocles" over Adams.

    https://bsky.app/profile/kyledcheney.bsky.social/post/3ljsybqffns24

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