He recommended the case be dismissed “with prejudice”, meaning the charges could NOT be brought again.
“A dismissal without prejudice creates a palpable sense that the prosecution outlined in the indictment & approved by a grand jury could be renewed, a prospect that hangs like the proverbial sword of Damocles over the accused,” #PaulClement wrote in his filing.
Clement said he reached that conclusion in the face of the extraordinary circumstances of the #Trump #DOJ’s motion.
A lawyer who was asked to offer *independent* arguments on the #Justice Dept’s motion to dismiss #corruption charges against #NYC Mayor #EricAdams of told a judge on Friday that he should end the prosecution.
But the lawyer, #PaulClement, said the judge should not allow the Trump admin to use the threat of #criminal charges to compel Adams’ political support.
#law #QuidProQuo #immigration #DanielleSassoon
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/nyregion/paul-clement-adams-case-dismissal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=AD05C050-FABC-4A0E-B8CF-E411402E6B46
A federal judge on Friday deferred ruling on the #DOJ’s request to drop the #corruption case against Mayor #EricAdams of #NYC, & appointed an outside lawyer to present #independent arguments on the motion, which was otherwise unopposed.
The lawyer the judge appointed, #PaulClement, is a political #conservative who was the US solicitor general during President George W. Bush’s admin.
