Maggie Haberman

The acting deputy attorney general, who is one of Donald Trump's many personal lawyers and is now in that role, directed the Southern District to dismiss the case, drop the charges. It does require a judge doing it, but also said that they would leave open a review of the case until after the November 2025 mayoral election. Right. It's not dead. It's just not happening right now.

The acting deputy attorney general, who is one of Donald Trump's many personal lawyers and is now in that role, directed the Southern District to dismiss the case, drop the charges. It does require a judge doing it, but also said that they would leave open a review of the case until after the November 2025 mayoral election. Right. It's not dead. It's just not happening right now.

As they say in that memo, it has impeded Adams' ability to do his job, including helping on their immigration crackdown in New York.

As they say in that memo, it has impeded Adams' ability to do his job, including helping on their immigration crackdown in New York.

Which they say is not, by the way, to be clear.

Which they say is not, by the way, to be clear.

They explicitly said that they weren't making this decision based on the evidence, in fact, which was extraordinary.

They explicitly said that they weren't making this decision based on the evidence, in fact, which was extraordinary.

It's also worth noting that Eric Adams' lawyer is also Elon Musk's lawyer, Alex Spiro.

It's also worth noting that Eric Adams' lawyer is also Elon Musk's lawyer, Alex Spiro.

And not only will I do that, but I am going to do it all out in the open. These are not backroom conversations. This is we are doing this and this is how I'm going to go about it. And it doesn't really bother me if it bothers you, because unless you can stop me, I'm going to do it.

And not only will I do that, but I am going to do it all out in the open. These are not backroom conversations. This is we are doing this and this is how I'm going to go about it. And it doesn't really bother me if it bothers you, because unless you can stop me, I'm going to do it.

It's like a Mission Impossible movie.

It's like a Mission Impossible movie.

You answered your question because his interest is not in preserving what Ukraine wants. He is much more interested in forging a durable relationship between the U.S. and Russia. He is very interested in his personal relationship with Putin. To be clear about this, he is very obsessed with nuclear war and nuclear capabilities. And this has been one of his obsessions about Russia for years.

You answered your question because his interest is not in preserving what Ukraine wants. He is much more interested in forging a durable relationship between the U.S. and Russia. He is very interested in his personal relationship with Putin. To be clear about this, he is very obsessed with nuclear war and nuclear capabilities. And this has been one of his obsessions about Russia for years.

There was one piece of leverage he did not give away. And he was open about it, which is that he's going to continue providing aid to Ukraine because he does recognize that there is leverage there. Interesting. But he also put some conditions on it.

There was one piece of leverage he did not give away. And he was open about it, which is that he's going to continue providing aid to Ukraine because he does recognize that there is leverage there. Interesting. But he also put some conditions on it.

And so it's not a total giveaway of all the chits, but he is making clear that he believes that this will arrive at a faster place and a place that he can live with. And he is a skeptic of Zelensky and he is a skeptic of Ukraine. And he has been very clear about that for a long time.

And so it's not a total giveaway of all the chits, but he is making clear that he believes that this will arrive at a faster place and a place that he can live with. And he is a skeptic of Zelensky and he is a skeptic of Ukraine. And he has been very clear about that for a long time.