A top Trump appointee guided Mr. Adams’s legal team as they crafted an argument for dismissing corruption charges against the mayor of America’s largest city. By Michael S. Schmidt William K ...

Bove’s argument that Adams couldn’t do his job under indictment directly contradicts Adams’s own frequent assertions that he was incapable of being distracted. Feb. 19, 2025, 3:02 p.m. ET ...

Paul D. Clement also said a judge should not allow the Trump administration to use the court’s authority to compel Mr. Adams’s support in the White House’s mass deportation efforts.

A judge appointed a third-party lawyer on Friday to make arguments to the court against dropping New York City Mayor Eric ...

Top Justice Department officials issued an extraordinary attack on Friday on the Manhattan prosecutors who brought the federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, releasing a ...

Judge Dale E. Ho refused to let the government leave open the prospect of reinstating charges against the mayor. But he acknowledged the president’s power to determine the fate of prosecutions.

A judge appointed a third-party lawyer on Friday to make arguments to the court against dropping New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s corruption charges, a move that will prolong the end of the case ...