NBC: DOJ Fires Prosecutor From Dropped Adani Case

Adani is charged in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud U.S. investors and pay off Indian government officials to win a bid to develop India's largest solar power plant, according to the Justice Department. He called the accusations baseless.

Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter moves to dismiss the case against Adani. Two days later, two prosecutors ask to withdraw, NBC News reported.

An email from U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella references a slide deck from Adani's defense team that included a proposal to invest $10 billion in the United States. Nocella wrote that the proposal was "categorically rejected" by his office.

Adani says in a sworn statement that he was "not aware of any agreement involving any person or entity exchanging anything for the dismissal of the indictment."

U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the Eastern District of New York agrees to toss the case, while criticizing the Trump administration's "highly unusual" conduct.

The prosecutor is fired, the people familiar with it told NBC News.

Garaufis lets some counts stand against some of Adani's co-defendants, saying the administration had "not provided sufficient factual information to support the stated reasons" for dismissing the charges.