The Department of the judge tells prosecutors to remove the federal corruption file against Eric Adams

The fact that a potential dismissal comes to the hands of President Trump, who is extremely unpopular among the Democrats in New York, can decrease some of the advantages for the mayor to no longer face a federal act of five counts.

The implacable preferential curry of Mr. Adams with Mr. Trump, both before the re -election of Mr. Trump and afterwards had already given many ammunition to the mayor’s challengers, who argued that Mr. Adams had put his own interests before the city.

The mayor’s openings to Mr. Trump also alienated some of the black supporters of Mr. Adams, an important part of the district of the mayor whom he will have to feed as he seeks to be re -elected as the second black mayor of the city .

Reverend Al Sharpton, a close ally of Mr. Adams, said that the mayor would have “difficult” explaining the rejection of accusations to his base of supporters.

“I am not anti-Adad, but I am anti-top, and many people in the black community will have the same feelings,” said Sharpton.

Damian Williams, the former federal prosecutor who brought the accusations against the mayor and who is the first black person to direct the American prosecutor’s office in Manhattan, is also respected throughout the city, added Mr. Sharpton.

“Many of us have a lot of respect for the mayor, but also have an equal respect for Damian Williams who, we do not think, would operate in a way that would be based on a political vendetta,” he said .

It was not clear on Monday evening if the Ministry of Justice’s request to drop the case of Mr. Adams could affect whether the former governor Andrew Mr. Cuomo enters the mayor’s race. Mr. Cuomo, who regularly directs the mayor’s surveys even if he has not declared his candidacy, has often attracted strong support from black voters, placing him in direct competition with Mr. Adams.

In the memo sent to Manhattan prosecutors, Emil Bove, the head of the commissioner of the Ministry of Justice No. 2, cited the application of the Immigration Act of Mr. Trump in the context of the justification for having abandoned The charges against the mayor. Mr. Bove said that the indictment had hampered Mr. Adams’ ability to write violent crimes in New York and to help Trump administration officials exercise the application of the immigration.

In discussions with federal officials, Mr. Adams’ lawyer, Alex Spiro, suggested that the mayor would not be inclined to cooperate with the repression of the president’s immigration if he remained under the act, according to two people familiar with the issue. Mr. Spiro called this reporting “a complete lie”.

Mr. Bove’s claims are directly contrary to the frequent insistence of Mr. Adams on the fact that his criminal affair did nothing to distract him from his day work. It strengthens its case by showing a certain number of decreasing crimes and a lower population of migrants in city shelters.

“I can do my job. My legal team will manage the case, “said the mayor in December on” The Close “by Bloomberg TV. “People said it was going to be a distraction. I advance and I will continue to deliver for the inhabitants of the city of New York. »»

However, the Ministry of Justice ordering the Manhattan federal prosecutors to abandon the accusations against the mayor, just a few weeks after having declared that he discovered an “additional criminal conduct” by him, Mr. Adams is likely to be released from the prospect To have to sit thanks to a very publicized trial in April, only two months before the primary.

More than half a dozen candidates have entered the race. They include Brad Lander, the city controller; The assembly of State Zohran Mamdani; State senator Zellnor Myrie; State senator Jessica Ramos; And Scott Stringer, the old city controller. All are considered to the left of Mr. Adams.

Two other candidates present themselves as moderate: Jim Walden, a lawyer who continues to appear on the voting line of the Independence Party, and Whitney Tilson, a former executive of hedge fund.

Many of Mr. Adams rivals quickly published statements on Monday denouncing the request to drop the accusations and sought to move as a bad layer of justice and proof of the personal interest of the mayor dictating his agenda.

Mr. Stringer said in a statement: “The only New York who sighs a relief tonight is Eric Adams.”

Mr. Mamdani said that “Mr. Adams has reduced the city’s government objective to a singular objective: to keep up with the prison. »»

He called for an investigation “to find out if the mayor Adams concluded an agreement with the Trump administration which involves killing the city law”.

Myrie said on Monday evening that the letter “clearly indicates that justice died in America”.

“Trump’s Ministry of Justice’s decision to drop the charges against Eric Adams is expected to indicate each New Yorker,” he said.

Earlier in the day, Myrie announced an approval from representative Dan Goldman, a former prosecutor of the South New York district, who told journalists that he was concerned about the accusations and that the office prosecutors had a strong reputation for independence.

“If they reject the case for political reasons, it is a miscarriage of justice,” said Mr. Goldman. “It undermines our criminal justice system.”

A few hours before the news of the dismissal went, Mr. Adams met the senior officials of his administration and encouraged them to avoid criticizing Mr. Trump or his administration for fear that the city will lose federal funding.

Many heads of the mayor’s agency were concerned with the mass deportation efforts of President Trump and sought advice on what had to be done when the American immigration and customs agents presented themselves in public buildings.

Jumaane Williams, the city’s public lawyer, wrote an “open letter” to the city workers after the meeting, criticizing the mayor’s failure to protect immigrants who live in fear in the midst of Mr. Trump calls to mass deportations.

“Each day, mayor Adams indicates more clearly that he is ready to maneuver the city government so as not to improve the lives of New Yorkers, but to advance his own personal program,” he said.

Lander said on Monday evening, “we now know why” the mayor had urged officials not to criticize the president.

“Instead of defending New Yorkers, Mayor Adams precisely defends one person-and it is himself,” he said. “New Yorkers are worth better.”