New York Mayor Eric Adams told the federal judge, Dale Ho, who presides over his corruption case and is deliberating whether or not to dismiss the charges, that if the charges are revived, he is not afraid.  

At Wednesday’s hearing at United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, at which the judge tabled his decision on whether to dismiss the charges, the judge asked Mr. Adams if he understood that the corruption charges, which the previous Department of Justice, under the Biden Administration, brought against him last September and which President Trump wants to dismiss “without prejudice,” could be brought again if the government chooses to do so.       

“I am not afraid of that,” Mr. Adams told the court after he reiterated, “I have committed no crime.”  

When the judge asked if Mr. Adams had read the motion by the government to dismiss the charges, the mayor said, “I did not read it. It was explained to me.” The judge questioned Adams thoroughly if he understood all the legal aspects of the dismissal and his consent, and the mayor jokingly replied, “I appreciate that I failed my law class.”