New York Mayor Eric Adams loses bid to dismiss a bribery charge

NEW YORK - New York Mayor Eric Adams lost a bid to narrow his five-count federal corruption indictment as a judge declined on Tuesday to dismiss a bribery charge related to luxury travel benefits provided by a Turkish official, with the trial set for April.

US District Judge Dale Ho denied a motion by lawyers for the Democratic mayor to dismiss the bribery charge. The defense had cited a June US Supreme Court decision in favor of the former mayor of an Indiana city also charged by federal prosecutors with corruption in seeking the dismissal.

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said he would consider pardoning Adams after he takes office on January 20. Trump, a Republican, suggested Adams was targeted for criticizing President Joe Biden's handling of migration, one of Trump's signature campaign issues.

"I think that he was treated pretty unfairly," Trump told...