DOJ Moves to Dismiss Adams Case Amid Protest Resignations

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The morning after the mass resignation of prosecutors sparked a crisis inside the Trump Justice Department, acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove led a meeting with the Justice Department’s public integrity section. His message: they had to choose one career lawyer to file a dismissal of the corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, according to three people briefed on the meeting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.3	Well, talk about a wild 36 hours.
1:12.2	Donald Trump's DOJ is now scrambling to contain a self-made crisis that's now gone from pretty bad to worse.
1:20.6	The department is in revolt with new resignations over the order to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
1:28.0	It was only a matter of time until someone would actually follow through, and that time has come.
1:34.3	Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Beauvais put his name on the official filing,
1:39.6	along with two other prosecutors.
1:42.0	But now things get really interesting.
1:45.0	Because now a federal judge has to sign off on dismissing those charges.
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