In front of a packed Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday afternoon, a federal judge grilled Donald Trump’s acting deputy attorney general, Emil Bove, about his motion to dismiss a lengthy corruption indictment against the New York City mayor, Eric Adams.
The hearing followed weeks of tense meetings inside the justice department and public resignations from senior prosecutors, who had refused demands from Bove and top Trump justice leaders to dismiss the case, citing concerns that it amounted to a quid pro quo in exchange for Adams’s collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
