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 scrutinized the Justice Department‘s controversial decision to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams during a hearing on Wednesday and did not issue any rulings from the bench,