Judge refuses for now to drop Adams charges, appoints outside lawyer. Paul Clement, a former U.S. solicitor general, will examine the Justice Department’s decision to dismiss the bribery case ...

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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.

Eric Adams charges should be dropped permanently, ... Paul Clement, a prominent conservative Supreme Court advocate, wrote in a 33-page brief that “the court has a limited, ...

An attorney asked to weigh in on the corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Friday recommended a federal judge dismiss the case. The court-appointed attorney, Paul D. Clement ...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams' trial indefinitely delayed, but charges not dismissed 03:02. The corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams will continue, for now.

After the Justice Department asked Federal District Judge Dale E. Ho to drop the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, the judge appointed a noted conservative lawyer, Paul D ...

Last week, we came one step closer to a resolution of the federal corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams. On Friday, Paul Clement, the lawyer Judge Dale Ho appointed to offer arguments ...

Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal ... federal Judge Dale Ho ordered Adams’ April 21 corruption trial adjourned as he appointed former US Solicitor General Paul Clement to argue against the ...

Manhattan Federal Judge Dale Ho has judiciously tapped former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement to help him get some answers about why the Department of Justice wants to temporarily suspend the c… ...

The judge overseeing the Eric Adams corruption and bribery case is indefinitely postponing a trial scheduled for April, ... What you need to know about Paul Clement.

Paul Clement has filed his court-appointed friend-of-the-court brief in the Eric Adams case, recommending that Judge Ho dismiss the case—but with prejudice, not without prejudice. From the brief: ...