{"id":2325,"date":"2026-07-06T22:40:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325"},"modified":"2026-07-06T22:40:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:40:27","slug":"doj-defends-decision-to-drop-criminal-charges-against-billionaire-indian-businessman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325","title":{"rendered":"DOJ defends decision to drop criminal charges against billionaire Indian businessman"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

The Justice Department defended its decision to drop its criminal case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, saying the businessman\u2019s reported pledge to invest billions of dollars in the United States did not influence the move. <\/p>\n

Read more National Guard soldiers fatally shoot man with gun in downtown Memphis<\/a><\/p>\n

In a letter, Trent McCotter, principal associate attorney general, said the government decided to forgo the charges before the offer was ever raised, arguing that the case was \u201cso indefensible.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

\u201cI would have sought dismissal of the securities charges regardless of any mentions of investments, regardless of whether the civil case (or any other matter) was settled or otherwise resolved,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Adani and others were indicted in 2024 by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn and acussed in a massive fraud and bribery scheme. Prosecutors said Adani paid Indian government officials $250 million to win a bid to develop the country\u2019s largest solar power plant. <\/p>\n

The contracts were projected to generate $2 billion in profits over 20 years.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said that Adani also misled U.S. investors by concealing the alleged payments to Indian officials. <\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Adani, who has close ties to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was never arrested in connection with the charges or brought to the U.S. to face trial. <\/p>\n

His lawyer, Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., declined to comment Monday. <\/p>\n

Giuffra previously said the government\u2019s decision to drop the case came after months of \u201cdetailed and extensive communications and meetings\u201d with the Justice Department, which included written submissions, expert testimony and presentations, according to a filing. <\/p>\n

In his letter to U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis, McCotter argued that the case is a foreign matter and the alleged misconduct centers on Indians trying to bribe other Indians. The word \u201cIndia\u201d comes up in the filing well over 200 times, he said.<\/p>\n

Read more Lauren Bennett, singer on \u2018Party Rock Anthem,\u2019 dies at 37<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States pretending to be the world police can cause diplomatic strife and also wastes resources better spent on domestic concerns,\u201d McCotter wrote. \u201cIndia can better manage its internal systems than can prosecutors in Brooklyn and Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said U.S. investors didn\u2019t lose a \u201csingle penny\u201d on the transactions that prosecutors relied on to bring the charges. <\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

In May, the government asked for the indictment to be permanently thrown out, saying it had \u201creviewed this case and has decided, in its prosecutorial discretion, not to devote further resources to these criminal charges against individual defendants.\u201d <\/p>\n

The request was signed by McCotter, as well as Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella. It did not include signatures from line prosecutors assigned to the case.<\/p>\n

A month later, Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, penned a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, inquiring about the \u201creportedly \u2018transactional nature\u2019\u201d of the decision to drop the case. <\/p>\n

Reports of an investment pledge raised \u201cserious questions about corruption under President Trump and about the role that Mr. Adani\u2019s politically salient offer played in the DOJ\u2019s decision,\u201d the senators said in their letter.<\/p>\n

Read more Graham Platner says he is considering the \u2018best path forward\u2019 in the Maine Senate race after denying sexual assault allegation<\/a><\/p>\n

Garaufis hasn\u2019t yet signed off on the Department of Justice\u2019s request. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Justice Department defended its decision to drop its criminal case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, saying the businessman\u2019s reported pledge to invest billions of dollars in the United States did not influence the move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-news"],"yoast_head":"\nDOJ defends decision to drop criminal charges against billionaire Indian businessman - Trusted Moving Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DOJ defends decision to drop criminal charges against billionaire Indian businessman - Trusted Moving Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Justice Department defended its decision to drop its criminal case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, saying the businessman\u2019s reported pledge to invest billions of dollars in the United States did not influence the move.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Trusted Moving Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-06T22:40:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=2325#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=2325\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98cd83efb686ecde03e082abca618eaa\"},\"headline\":\"DOJ defends decision to drop criminal charges against billionaire Indian businessman\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-06T22:40:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=2325\"},\"wordCount\":553,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=2325#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/13da92caa6820f7b9eea6e9ac5e9e14c.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"U.S. news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=2325#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=2325\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=2325\",\"name\":\"DOJ defends decision to drop criminal charges against billionaire Indian businessman - Trusted Moving Group\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=2325#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=2325#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/13da92caa6820f7b9eea6e9ac5e9e14c.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-06T22:40:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98cd83efb686ecde03e082abca618eaa\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=2325#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=2325\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=2325#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/13da92caa6820f7b9eea6e9ac5e9e14c.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/13da92caa6820f7b9eea6e9ac5e9e14c.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=2325#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DOJ defends decision to drop criminal charges against billionaire Indian businessman\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Trusted Moving Group\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98cd83efb686ecde03e082abca618eaa\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DOJ defends decision to drop criminal charges against billionaire Indian businessman - Trusted Moving Group","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"DOJ defends decision to drop criminal charges against billionaire Indian businessman - Trusted Moving Group","og_description":"The Justice Department defended its decision to drop its criminal case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, saying the businessman\u2019s reported pledge to invest billions of dollars in the United States did not influence the move.","og_url":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325","og_site_name":"Trusted Moving Group","article_published_time":"2026-07-06T22:40:27+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/#\/schema\/person\/98cd83efb686ecde03e082abca618eaa"},"headline":"DOJ defends decision to drop criminal charges against billionaire Indian businessman","datePublished":"2026-07-06T22:40:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325"},"wordCount":553,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/13da92caa6820f7b9eea6e9ac5e9e14c.webp","articleSection":["U.S. news"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325","url":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325","name":"DOJ defends decision to drop criminal charges against billionaire Indian businessman - Trusted Moving Group","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/13da92caa6820f7b9eea6e9ac5e9e14c.webp","datePublished":"2026-07-06T22:40:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/#\/schema\/person\/98cd83efb686ecde03e082abca618eaa"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/13da92caa6820f7b9eea6e9ac5e9e14c.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/13da92caa6820f7b9eea6e9ac5e9e14c.webp","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2325#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DOJ defends decision to drop criminal charges against billionaire Indian businessman"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/","name":"Trusted Moving Group","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/#\/schema\/person\/98cd83efb686ecde03e082abca618eaa","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com"],"url":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}