A leading attorney for billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk and embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams now has a standard billing rate of $3,000 an hour, placing him on the top shelf among even the priciest of Manhattan lawyers.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the city will close the Roosevelt Hotel migrant center in Manhattan, a frequent target of Elon Musk and the Tump administration.
Adams’ criminal case will stay in limbo for several more weeks – as a federal judge said Friday he wants to hear from an independent lawyer before deciding whether to toss the charges.
At least seven lawyers quit the Justice Department rather than comply with the request to drop the charges against Adams.
Judge Ho postponed ruling on dismissal of charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams, signaling a careful review of the situation.
Ho, who argued against Trump’s first administration twice before the U.S. Supreme Court, is summoning the parties, including Adams, to his courtroom Wednesday as he seeks to drill down on the Justice Department’s drive to end the case and the mayor’s willingness to go along with that.
In a letter, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York said her office was preparing to bring a new indictment against the mayor.
A New York judge on Friday said he would conduct further inquiry before ruling on the U.S. Department of Justice's request to dismiss its corruption case against Eric Adams, but delayed the Democratic New York City mayor's criminal trial indefinitely.