U.S. prosecutors drop federal fraud and bribery charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani after he reportedly meets with Donald Trump Jr., according to multiple outlets. Adani previously faced U.S. charges alleging fraud and bribery tied to efforts to secure large solar energy projects and allegedly misleading U.S. investors. In November 2024, the Justice Department said Adani and other executives at an Indian energy company were indicted in Brooklyn, with charges brought under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
One report says Trump Jr. met privately with Adani in Ahmedabad, India, in late November 2024, while the U.S. case was still pending. The Trump Jr. office, according to reporting referenced by Bloomberg, says the meeting had “zero to do” with the DOJ’s later decision.
In May 2025, the DOJ files to drop the charges. Prosecutors cite a review of the case and a decision not to devote further resources to the criminal charges against individual defendants. Details of what was discussed during the meeting have not been made public in the reports.
