"The Court should dismiss the indictment with prejudice," the adviser said in the one-line conclusion of his 33-page brief.

A court-appointed lawyer has advised a federal judge to let the Justice Department drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams but prevent prosecutors from ever reviving the case so it doesn't hang over him “like the proverbial Sword of Damocles.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case is back in the spotlight Friday, as legal briefs are due. At the last court hearing, Judge Dale Ho appointed Paul Clement as an outside attorney to argue before the court over the Department of Justice's memo to drop the charges.