The Justice Department under President Trump formally asked a court Friday to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, an expected move after that was fiercely opposed by the federal prosecutors in Manhattan who brought the case.

Federal prosecutors in Washington asked a judge to drop charges against Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, after several of their colleagues resigned rather than heed an order to drop the case.

Justice Department lawyers asked a judge to dismiss the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, carrying out an order that several other prosecutors had refused.