Senior officials under President Trump have talked with prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of abandoning the corruption case against New York City’s mayor.

A former White House lawyer for Donald Trump told CNN on Wednesday night that it's likely "something's up" amid reports that the Justice Department is weighing dropping charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams,

And he has declined, repeatedly, to criticize Trump when pressed by reporters. He has expressed no qualms with Trump’s executive orders to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and end birthright citizenship. In fact, it’s hard to remember when he last offered a negative word for the incendiary president.

Mayor Eric Adams said the Democratic Party has abandoned him – and everyday New Yorkers. “People often say, ‘Well, you know, you don’t sound like a Democrat and you seem to have left the party,’” Adams told host Tucker Carlson during an interview due to air Tuesday night.

The roughly 50-minute interview with Carlson, a former Fox News host and well-known ally of President Donald Trump, aired on the first full day of the second Trump administration. The previous day, the mayor canceled his appearances at Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in New York City to accept a last-minute invitation to Trump’s inauguration.

In a nearly 50-minute sit-down, the mayor railed against former president Joe Biden and said he was targeted for his criticism of the administration.

New York City’s Democratic mayor is defending his private meeting with President-elect Donald Trump as the Republican prepares to retake the White House.

Federal agents, led by new DHS secretary, made heavily publicized arrest in country’s biggest sanctuary city Tuesday.

MAYOR ERIC ADAMS: We have to house them. We have to feed, clothe, house, and educate 40,000 children, hold them into a shelter system. The complete package of what you would do for an adult that ...

The New York City mayoral race was thrown into uncertainty by news that the Trump administration was considering dropping the charges against Eric Adams.

Voters can rank five candidates in order of their preference. In 2021, two candidates — Kathryn Garcia and Andrew Yang — forged an alliance, and he encouraged his supporters to put her second on their ballots. When he finished fourth and was eliminated, many of his votes went to Garcia. Adams beat Garcia by only about 7,200 votes.