The phrase, which means “this for that” in Latin, signifies acts that transgress American laws. Manhattan’s former U.S. attorney said that New York’s mayor tried to strike a corrupt deal.

Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove stressed the judge’s powerlessness to block the dismissal, suggesting he couldn't do so even if a quid pro quo deal seemed apparent.

Judge Dale Ho reserved his decision Wednesday on whether to grant the government’s controversial motion to dismiss the historic prosecution of Eric Adams.

Mayor Eric Adams effectively denied entering into a quid pro quo with the Trump administration in an effort to get the criminal case against him dropped on Wednesday before a federal judge, who will soon decide whether or not to dismiss the case against Adams at least for the time being.

C orruption in politics is occasionally clear-cut: think wads of cash handed over in a briefcase. More often it is blurry; trading favours is part of politics. This week New Yorkers were treated to an unsolicited lesson in the squishy concepts of quid and quo courtesy of their mayor and their president.

The former acting U.S. attorney overseeing New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s corruption case said the mayor’s attorneys pushed for a “quid pro quo” ahead of the Justice Department (DOJ)

Mayor Eric Adams begged some of his top deputies to stick around as they told him this weekend they wanted to resign amid the Trump Justice Department’s extraordinary move to toss his federal corruption case,

Border czar Tom Homan denied Sunday that the Justice Department dropped charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams in exchange for Hizzoner letting immigration agents onto Rikers Island. “I think that’s ridiculous,