The mayor appeared in court the day after prosecutors unsealed a 57-page indictment charging him with accepting $123,000 in lavish gifts and soliciting illegal donations from foreign nationals in exchange for favors.
I doubt they’d announce charges without the plea if it was guilty. Adams and his lawyers would have been in communication with the prosecutor to discuss plea deals. Had they come to an agreement the headline would instead read like “Adams to plead guilty to [insert crimes here].”
Pleading not guilty is standard procedure. I’d be more surprised if he plead guilty right out of the gate.
I doubt they’d announce charges without the plea if it was guilty. Adams and his lawyers would have been in communication with the prosecutor to discuss plea deals. Had they come to an agreement the headline would instead read like “Adams to plead guilty to [insert crimes here].”