New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ historic federal corruption case has been tossed — leaving him free to campaign for a second term without the threat of jail hanging over his head. The hotly anticipated decision by Manhattan federal court Judge Dale Ho followed a political firestorm ignited by President Trump’s Department of Justice ordering prosecutors to drop the prosecution against Adams.

A federal judge in New York agreed that the Justice Department should dismiss a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ federal corruption charges were permanently dismissed Wednesday as the court partially sided with the Trump administration’s Justice Department. Judge Dale E. Ho of Federal District Court in Manhattan ordered that Adams’ case be dismissed with prejudice.