周二从美国国务院公开的一份文件刑事案件纽约市长埃里克·亚当斯可能会对司法部副部长托德·布兰奇在参议院听证会上的证词提出质疑。
在听证会上，布兰奇被问及司法部的放弃的决定对亚当斯的腐败指控。
“我刚才看到的驳回亚当斯的指控是由华盛顿导演的，对吗?”民主党参议员彼得·韦尔奇问道。
“我有和你一样的信息，”布兰奇回答道。“除了我[看到的]公开报道以外，我不知道其他情况。”
然而，当时的临时美国司法部长丹妮尔·沙宣(Danielle Sassoon)新公布的一封信草稿显示，布兰奇可能知道的比他透露的多。
沙宣反对撤销市长案件的指令，她写道，她向DOJ高级官员艾米尔·波维表达了关切，认为如此重大的案件应该等到布兰奇被确认后再做决定。作为回应，沙宣写道，“波维告诉我托德·布兰奇也在‘同一页’上。”"
萨松后来会辞职而不是服从Bove的命令放弃市长的案子。
她写给司法部长Pam Bondi的信草稿是法官Dale Ho下令启封的一部分材料之一，他仍在考虑是否驳回针对Adams的案件。
司法部坚称，布兰奇在寻求解雇的决定中没有扮演任何角色。
“托德·布兰奇在被确认之前没有参与该部门的决策，”一名发言人在提供给ABC新闻的一份声明中说。
市长的律师表示，这封未密封的信件进一步证明了该案件应该被驳回。
“正如我从一开始就说过的，这个需要‘体操’来发现犯罪的虚假案件是基于‘政治动机’和‘野心’，而不是事实或法律。市长的律师亚历克斯·斯皮罗(Alex Spiro)在一份声明中说:“我们对幕后发生的事情了解得越多，就越清楚亚当斯市长本来就不应该被起诉。”。
Trump's lawyer may have known more about Eric Adams' criminal case
A document unsealed Tuesday from thecriminal caseagainst New York City Mayor Eric Adams may raise questions about the testimony of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche during his Senate confirmation hearing.
During the hearing, Blanche was asked about the Justice Department'sdecision to dropthe corruption charges against Adams.
"What I just saw with the dismissal of the Adams charge, that was directed by D.C., correct?" Democratic Sen. Peter Welch asked.
"I have the same information you have," Blanche responded. "I don't know beyond what I've [seen] publicly reported."
However, a newly unsealed draft letter from then-interim U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon suggests Blanche may have known more than he let on.
Sassoon, who was fighting the directive to drop the mayor's case, wrote that she expressed concern to top DOJ official Emil Bove that such a grave decision about a high-profile case should wait until Blanche was confirmed. In response, Sassoon wrote that "Bove informed me that Todd Blanche was on the 'same page.'"
Sassoonwould later resignrather than obey Bove's order to drop the mayor's case.
Her draft letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi was among a tranche of materials ordered unsealed by Judge Dale Ho, who is still considering whether to dismiss the case against Adams.
The Justice Department insisted Blanche played no role in the determination to seek dismissal.
"Todd Blanche was not involved in the Department's decision-making prior to his confirmation," a spokesperson said in a statement provided to ABC News.
The mayor's lawyer said the unsealed letter is further proof that the case should be tossed.
"As I've said from the beginning, this bogus case that needed 'gymnastics' to find a crime - was based on 'political motive' and 'ambition', not facts or law. The more we learn about what was really going on behind the scenes, the clearer it is that Mayor Adams should have never been prosecuted in the first place," the mayor's lawyer, Alex Spiro, said in a statement.
