New York City Mayor Eric Adams' historic federal corruption case has been dropped. Judge Dale Ho has agreed to the U.S. Department of Justice's request to drop the charges against Adams, but he did so "with prejudice.

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed sweeping public corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams “with prejudice,” blasting the Trump administration’s bid to potentially bring them again while securing the mayor’s help in hardline immigration enforcement as a “disturbing” bargain.

The ruling is a major but hollow victory for Adams, who has maintained his innocence and called the case politically motivated. He no longer faces the prospect of a prison term as long as 45 years and is free to run a more open re-election campaign.