The comments come a day after Damian Williams announced he would step down as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York on Dec. 13 before being shown the door by the next Trump administration,

In a letter sent to the federal judge, an attorney for Adams requested the trial begin April 1 rather than the current planned date of April 23.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked a judge on Monday to set an earlier trial date in his federal corruption case next year, arguing the current date would impede Adams’ participation in his mayoral reelection campaign,

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday said he hopes that under Jay Clayton, Manhattan’s likely next U.S. attorney, “the system of justice moves to be proper,” a comment that comes as the mayor is facing criminal indictment by the office Clayton is expected to lead.