“The People of New York v. Mayor Adams: Will Manhattan DA Bragg Come to the Rescue Yet Again?”
The article discusses whether Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will pursue state charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams after a potential dismissal of his federal case. Adams faces federal charges, including campaign finance violations and bribery, related to alleged public corruption. If the federal case is dismissed, Bragg’s office may take up the mantle, as Bragg has previously pursued state charges when federal investigations faltered, such as in the case of Steve Bannon.
State law provides clear analogues to the federal charges Adams faces, including bribe receiving, grand larceny, and filing false instruments. Bragg’s office is already investigating a top aide to Adams, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, for bribery and money laundering, which may yield evidence relevant to Adams. Bragg may also request federal grand jury information if needed.
Although the federal charges are not yet dismissed, Adams’ legal troubles could continue even if the federal case ends, as state charges may still be pursued. The outcome depends on Bragg’s investigation and legal decisions.
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Andrew Weissmann (Bluesky – LinkedIn – Substack – Threads) is Professor of Practice and Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Reiss Center on Law and Security and at the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at NYU School of Law. He served as a lead prosecutor in Robert S. Mueller’s Special Counsel’s Office (2017-19) and as Chief of the Fraud Section in the Department of Justice (2015-2019).
During his previous tenure at NYU Law (2013-2015), Weissmann was a Senior Fellow at both the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the Center for the Administration of Criminal Law. He taught courses in national security and criminal procedure.
From 2011 to 2013, Weissmann served as the General Counsel for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He previously served as special counsel to then-Director Mueller in 2005, after which he was a partner at Jenner & Block in New York City. From 2002-2005, he served as the Deputy and then the Director of the Enron Task Force in Washington, D.C., where he supervised the prosecution of more than 30 individuals in connection with the company’s collapse. Weissmann was a federal prosecutor for 15 years in the Eastern District of New York, where he served as the Chief of the Criminal Division. He prosecuted numerous members of the Colombo, Gambino, and Genovese families, including the bosses of the Colombo and Genovese families. Weissmann has extensive experience in private practice. Weissmann won the largest Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration award in history. He has taught criminal law and procedure at Fordham Law School and Brooklyn Law School. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School and was on the managing board of the Columbia Law Review. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University and attended the University of Geneva on a Fulbright Fellowship.
He is the author of the book, Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation and co-author, with Melissa Murray, of the book The Trump Indictments The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary. He is co-host. with Mary McCord, of the podcast Main Justice and of the former podcast Prosecuting Donald Trump.
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