Outside lawyer appointed to present arguments against prosecutors seeking to drop case against New York mayor

A New York judge on Friday said he would not immediately dismiss Eric Adams’s corruption case, but ordered the Democratic New York City mayor’s trial delayed indefinitely after the justice department asked for the charges to be dismissed.

In a written ruling, US district judge Dale Ho in Manhattan said he would appoint an outside lawyer, Paul Clement of the law firm Clement & Murphy PLLC, to present arguments against the federal prosecutors’ bid to dismiss, in order to help the judge make his decision.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/21/eric-adams-corruption-case-new-york