Judge appoints conservative lawyer to examine law on request Order denies a quick legal reprieve for embattled NYC mayor February 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM UTC A federal judge declined to immediately dismiss corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams, instead appointing a prominent conservative lawyer to examine the Trump Justice Department’s move to drop the case. US District Judge Dale Ho on Friday said he was appointing former US Solicitor General Paul Clement to consider arguments on...

It was March 24, 2021, and a Jefferies Financial Group risk manager was wondering why Archegos Capital Management seemed in such a rush to withdraw hundreds of millions of dollars in excess cash from its trading account. “What’s the emergency? Why?” Jennifer Miranda remembered thinking. “I wanted to understand and there seemed to be an urgency about the call,” Miranda, a Jefferies managing director, testified Thursday in Manhattan federal court about her subsequent call with Scott Becker,...