A court-appointed counsel tasked with reviewing the Trump Justice Department’s motion to dismiss Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal indictment has formally recommended that the presiding judge move to end the case permanently.
Paul Clement issued his decision in a 30-page report to U.S. District Judge Dale Ho of the Southern District of New York filed late Friday afternoon. Ho asked Clement last month to review the Justice Department’s request to dismiss the five-count criminal campaign fraud indictment; the prosecution argued that Adams’ impending trial would limit his ability to cooperate with the Trump administration in its immigration crackdown.
