The Justice Department has filed a motion to dismiss its case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, putting the fate of the case in the judge presiding over the proceedings. The move comes after acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove sent a letter earlier this week to prosecutors,

The resignation deepens a crisis at the Justice Department sparked by a demand to dismiss criminal charges against New York City’s mayor.

The prosecutor wrote a resignation letter to acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove in which he accuses the official of abandoning his legal ethics to do the bidding of President Donald Trump.