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Adani prosecutors must justify dropping criminal case, US judge rules
The judge said prosecutors gave too little support for abandoning a 2024 bribery indictment tied to $250 million in alleged India solar contract payments.
- On Friday, US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis ordered the DOJ to justify its decision to drop criminal charges against Gautam Adani, setting a July 13 deadline for prosecutors to provide factual support for the dismissal.
- Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss the 2024 indictment last month after Adani pledged a $10bn investment in the United States, abandoning earlier allegations of a $250 million bribery scheme in India.
- Adani and his nephew, Sagar Adani, agreed to pay $18 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission, while Adani Enterprises Ltd. paid $275 million to resolve a Treasury Department probe into Iran sanctions violations.
- Represented by Robert Giuffra, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, Adani met with Donald Trump Jr. last November, and his attorney James McDonald was tapped by Trump to serve as Manhattan's top federal prosecutor.
- Adani stated the matter is "now behind us" and the conglomerate plans to focus on its next phase of growth, while consistently denying any wrongdoing regarding the federal charges.
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right6Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution43% Right
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C 28%
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