At least seven lawyers quit the Justice Department rather than comply with the request to drop the charges against Adams.

A Manhattan federal judge signaled on Friday that he won’t rubber stamp the Trump DOJ’s effort to drop the prosecution of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, part of an allegedly corrupt quid pro quo ...

The Manhattan federal judge presiding over Mayor Adams’ corruption case on Friday said he would appoint an independent ...

But after watching Bove argue before a federal judge that the DOJ should be allowed to proceed with dropping its prosecution ...

The judge said the appointment of an outside lawyer — an unusual move in a criminal prosecution — will "assist the court’s decision-making." ...

Corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams are on hold while a judge seeks legal input on whether the DOJ can ...

The judge overseeing the Eric Adams corruption and bribery case is indefinitely postponing a trial scheduled for April, but has not ruled yet on whether he will sign off on the Department of Justice’s ...

who has been nominated to fill the job Bove now holds, deputy attorney general. Through a Justice Department spokesman, Bove initially declined to answer questions for this article. After ...

Judge Dale Ho held a hearing to address the "somewhat unusual situation" of the Justice Department trying to end the criminal case against the New York mayor.

Emil Bove III, the acting deputy attorney general, tried to persuade a judge to let him drop a corruption case against Mayor ...

In a court appearance Wednesday, acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove denied that dropping the bribery case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams was part of a "quid pro quo." ...