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 ...

Attorney Paul Clement filed a brief concluding that the corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams should be dismissed with prejudice.

In other words, under Clement’s recommendation, Adams would get the quid but Trump would lose the quo. Maybe looking at it that way it doesn’t sound too bad.

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 ...

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.

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.

The amicus brief was written by Paul D. Clement, a noted conservative lawyer, at the behest of Federal District Judge Dale E. Ho.

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.

If the Justice Department is committed to abandoning the case, it should not get to reserve the right to revive the charges in the future, lawyer Paul Clement wrote.

Mayor Eric 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.

Former US Solicitor General Paul Clement wrote in a 33-page filing that Hizzoner’s case should be dismissed with prejudice.

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… ...