A former U.S. solicitor general brought in to help a federal judge decide whether to accept a Justice Department request to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams recommended Friday that the charges be dropped but that the government not be allowed to refile them at a later date.

Judge Dale E. Ho in Manhattan appointed Paul Clement, who was solicitor general under President George W. Bush, two weeks ago to present arguments on the government’s request.

In a written submission, Clement told Ho that there was “ample reason” to dismiss the prosecution without allowing the Justice Department to refile them after this year's mayoral election.

He said disallowing the refiling of the charges would eliminate “the distinct appearance problems inherent in a public official serving his constituents with the ever-looming prospect of re-indictment by the executive on charges already laid bare in a public indictment.”

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