Judge Appoints Veteran Lawyer Paul Clement to Weigh In on DOJ’s Bid to Dismiss Eric Adams Indictment

Well, you can’t say we’re steering you wrong.

Along the lines I outlined when it was first announced that the Trump Justice Department was ordering Southern District of New York (SDNY) prosecutors in Manhattan to dismiss the corruption indictment against Mayor Eric Adams, the Biden-appointed presiding judge, Dale E. Ho, has adopted the Michael Flynn model. That is, with Mayor Adams’s lawyers and Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove in agreement that the indictment should be dismissed, Judge Ho has appointed a well-respected former Justice Department lawyer to make any arguments in opposition.