NYC Mayor Eric Adams gets April 2025 trial date as his lawyers fight to get bribery charge tossed

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ federal corruption trial will begin next April during his promised reelection campaign. U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho set the trial date for spring 2025 as Adams returned Friday to Manhattan federal court for a hearing on his bid to eliminate a key charge in the indictment that threatens his political future. Ho says he’s confident the April 21, 2025, date will hold. Adams’ lawyers are fighting to throw out a bribery charge, one of five counts against the first-term Democrat. They have argued the charge doesn’t meet the federal standard of a crime. Prosecutors say Adams’ lawyers were splitting hairs. Ho said he would “attempt to rule shortly.”