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From the NY Times coverage of the Eric Adams hearing:
"Judge Ho asks Bove about his assertion that the prosecution is interfering with the 2025 mayoral election. Bove responds that the mayor’s very presence in court today “is part of the problem,” adding that the case is hindering the performance of the mayor’s duties. As has been pointed out, it is highly unusual to abandon a case against a public official simply because that official is high-ranking enough to have serious responsibilities with which a prosecution would interfere."
"Judge Ho asks Bove for other examples in which his reasoning has been invoked in a decision to abandon an indictment, in which the defendant is a public official with serious responsibilities related to immigration or similar issues. Bove says he’s not aware of one, but says that prosecutors have invoked foreign policy interests in order to make justice-related decisions. He brings up the case of Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer who was released in a prisoner swap for the basketball player Brittney Griner."
Bringing up Viktor Bout is not just ineffective -- it is actually harmful to his argument. Incredibly harmful. The allegations here are that the Adams prosecution fiasco is a quid pro quo. Bove is denying that. Then he also analogizes it to a literal quid pro quo prisoner swap. I mean, what the fuck?
"No officer, I wasn't speeding. I was just trying to have some fun, like Henry Riggs III"
"Judge Ho asks Bove about his assertion that the prosecution is interfering with the 2025 mayoral election. Bove responds that the mayor’s very presence in court today “is part of the problem,” adding that the case is hindering the performance of the mayor’s duties. As has been pointed out, it is highly unusual to abandon a case against a public official simply because that official is high-ranking enough to have serious responsibilities with which a prosecution would interfere."
"Judge Ho asks Bove for other examples in which his reasoning has been invoked in a decision to abandon an indictment, in which the defendant is a public official with serious responsibilities related to immigration or similar issues. Bove says he’s not aware of one, but says that prosecutors have invoked foreign policy interests in order to make justice-related decisions. He brings up the case of Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer who was released in a prisoner swap for the basketball player Brittney Griner."
Bringing up Viktor Bout is not just ineffective -- it is actually harmful to his argument. Incredibly harmful. The allegations here are that the Adams prosecution fiasco is a quid pro quo. Bove is denying that. Then he also analogizes it to a literal quid pro quo prisoner swap. I mean, what the fuck?
"No officer, I wasn't speeding. I was just trying to have some fun, like Henry Riggs III"