What to know about the Trump administration moving to drop corruption charges against NYC mayor

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been thrown a lifeline by the Trump administration. A top Justice Department official on Monday moved to drop federal corruption charges against the embattled leader of America’s largest city. It marked an extraordinary deviation from long-standing Justice Department norms, but in many ways was expected, given the months of political intrigue between the Democratic mayor and Republican president. In a two-page memo, acting Deputy U.S. Attorney General Emil Bove said the case came too close to Adams' re-election campaign and distracted from his efforts to assist in the Trump administration’s priorities.