President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Jay Clayton as the lead federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York provided an early answer to a question that's simmering in the city’s political and legal circles: Would Trump put a political firebrand in charge of the famously independent Manhattan office that’s prosecuting Mayor Eric Adams?

There are big questions about President-elect Donald Trump's decision to replace the United States Attorney in Manhattan and the effect it will have on the ongoing corruption investigations involving Mayor Eric Adams and several members of his administration.

President-elect Donald Trump said he wants Jay Clayton to serve as U.S. Attorney for Manhattan, leading the Justice Department office known as being the sheriff of Wall Street. Clayton would replace Damian Williams,