New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday asked a U.S. judge to permanently dismiss corruption charges against him, opening a schism with President Donald Trump's Justice Department.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked a federal judge to ensure the corruption charges filed against him are dismissed and can never be reinstated, alleging misconduct by prosecutors.

Adams on Wednesday filed a motion to get his public corruption case permanently dismissed, trying a different route as a judge considers a highly controversial motion from the Department of

Eric Adams finds himself in a strange and lonely spot: An incumbent mayor of the nation’s largest city, running for reelection with a skeleton campaign crew and some of his closest aides distancing themselves as his federal corruption case plods along.

Attorneys for New York City Mayor Eric Adams are seeking to have all charges against their client dropped after the Trump administration moved to drop the corruption case.

The corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams should be dropped because of “an extraordinary flurry” of leaks by prosecutors, his lawyer said in a court filing.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ lawyers wrote in court papers that “someone within the government” leaked a letter by then-acting U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, who resigned