Paul Clement, solicitor general under George W. Bush and seasoned appellate lawyer, was chosen Friday to assess the DOJ's motion to dismiss the case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams.

NYC’s mayor now wants to dismiss his case “with prejudice,” removing the leverage the alternative would give Trump.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces bribery charges, similar to those faced by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and is under pressure from President Trump’s administration to do his

The Supreme Court has made public corruption cases more difficult. The Justice Department's actions in New York suggests they may turn into political weapons.

Adams’ criminal case will stay in limbo for several more weeks – as a federal judge said Friday he wants to hear from an independent lawyer before deciding whether to toss the charges.

A federal judge has adjourned the corruption trial for New York City Mayor Eric Adams and appointed counsel to advise him on how to handle the Justice Department's request to drop charges against the Democrat.

Dale Ho, who will decide whether the Justice Department can drop corruption charges against Eric Adams, argued successfully against Trump policy in a 2019 Supreme Court case.

The scandal-scarred Cuomo and his confidants have been making overtures to crucial New York City labor and business leaders, wooing Black and Orthodox Jewish voters and making inroads with the influential New York Post — amounting to a multi-pronged effort to capitalize on Adams’ pillars of political support as the mayor’s career withers.

The judge said the appointment of an outside lawyer — an unusual move in a criminal prosecution — will "assist the court’s decision-making."

Ho, who argued against Trump’s first administration twice before the U.S. Supreme Court, is summoning the parties, including Adams, to his courtroom Wednesday as he seeks to drill down on the Justice Department’s drive to end the case and the mayor’s willingness to go along with that.

A judge appointed a third-party lawyer to make arguments to the court against dropping New York City Mayor Eric Adams's corruption charges.

A judge in New York City Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case has appointed an outside attorney to argue over the Department of Justice's request to drop the federal charges.