Justice Department lawyers and New York City Mayor Eric Adams are set to face a federal judge who is signaling that he's unlikely to rubber stamp their request to drop corruption charges weeks before an April trial.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams' attorneys deny the Trump administration offered a quid pro quo in return for a dismissal of his federal corruption case. He's facing mounting pressure to step down as Gov.

A wide range of New York City and state Democratic politicians have urged Mayor Eric Adams to resign in the wake of the deal he struck with the Trump administration to dismiss federal charges against him in exchange for allowing the roundup of immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.