Manhattan federal Judge Dale E. Ho faces the biggest challenge of his young judicial career: deciding whether to end New York Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case.

Dale Ho, the judge deciding whether to drop the corruption case against New York City mayor Eric Adams, is a former voting rights lawyer whose nomination to the bench by former Democratic President Joe Biden drew fierce opposition from Republicans.

A federal judge said Friday he will hold off ruling on the Justice Department’s request to drop the bribery case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams in order to allow an outside attorney to make a case against it.