The move comes after a controversial move by Trump’s DOJ to dismiss the corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams.

Eric Adams’ City Hall, already embattled from his indictment last year on federal corruption charges, has now been plunged into an even deeper crisis that threatens to sink his mayoralty.

Now, it’s up to Dale E. Ho, a second-year federal judge in Manhattan, to decide if Adams' corruption case goes away. It’s the biggest challenge of Ho’s young judicial career, pitting the political pursuits of new Justice Department leadership in Washington against the objections of federal prosecutors in Manhattan who charged Adams last September and insist he be held accountable for allegedly taking bribes and illegal campaign contributions from foreign interests.