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New York Mayor Eric Adams, who faces corruption charges, filed a motion on Monday challenging the bribery charge against him as “extraordinarily vague” and unsupported by substantial evidence.

Federal prosecutors accuse Adams, in part, of accepting over $100,000 in luxury travel from Turkish officials and, in 2021, pressuring the New York City Fire Department to expedite a safety inspection of a new Turkish Consulate. Adams asked U.S. District Judge Dale Ho, an appointee of President Joe Biden, to dismiss “Count V of the Indictment.”

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