Judge Should Dismiss Eric Adams Case, Court-Appointed Lawyer Says

Former Solicitor General Paul Clement was appointed amicus curiae, or friend of the court, by Judge Dale Ho to present arguments regarding the DOJ’s motion.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives for a court hearing at Thurgood Marshall Courthouse in New York City on Feb. 19, 2025. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

U.S. District Judge Dale Ho should dismiss New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s corruption case, said former Solicitor General Paul Clement on March 7.

Clement, who served under the George W. Bush administration, advised Ho in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to grant Adams’s and the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request to drop the case.