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This is On Point. I'm Deborah Becker in for Magna Chakra Barty. Of all the controversies of the four-week-old Trump White House, some say one stands out for its

potential consequences, the case of New York City Mayor Eric Adams. It's a complicated story that

began with the Democratic mayor being charged with

corruption during the Biden administration. The mayor denied the accusations and agreed to a trial

date later this year. But last week, officials with Trump's Justice Department ordered

federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York to drop the case

against Adams. Why? The acting Deputy Attorney General, Emil Beauvais, whose President Trump's

former criminal defense attorney, said prosecuting Adams would harm the mayor's ability to cooperate

with Trump's immigration policies. A flurry of federal prosecutors resigned in protest,

including some who had been staunch supporters of President Trump.

One prosecutor wrote a letter to the Justice Department saying,

quote,

I expect you will eventually find someone who's enough of a fool

or enough of a coward to file your motion,

but it was never going to be me, end quote. A judge in New York held a hearing on the case this

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