Justice Department lawyers met with New York City Mayor Eric Adams' defense team and federal prosecutors on Friday to discuss dropping the corruption case against him, a source tells CBS News.

Senior officials in Washington were meeting with Manhattan prosecutors and defense lawyers representing Mayor Eric Adams to discuss dropping the corruption case against him.

Senior officials under President Trump have talked with prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of abandoning the corruption case against New York City’s mayor.

Mayor Eric Adams’s attorney visited Justice Department headquarters Friday to discuss the future of the mayor’s criminal bribery case, sources told ABC News.

NEW YORK - Senior Justice Department officials have held discussions with federal prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of dropping corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a source familiar with the discussions confirmed to CBS News.

Senior members of the Department of Justice are reportedly in talks to possibly abandon the sweeping public corruption case against Mayor Adams — a move that would fly in the face of the

Lawyers for New York City Mayor Eric Adams are in Washington, D.C. to discuss dropping criminal charges against him, according to a New York Times report.

Justice Department officials have spoken to Manhattan federal prosecutors about potentially dropping the bribery case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, according to people familiar with the matter.

Lawyers for New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with officials at the Department of Justice in Washington Friday afternoon amid reports the mayor’s team has sought to have his corruption case dropped,

Senior Justice Department officials have held discussions with federal prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of dropping corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a source familiar with the discussions confirmed to CBS News.

An attorney for New York City Mayor Eric Adams has reached out to the Department of Justice seeking to have the case against the mayor dropped, according to two people briefed on the matter.

His recovery comes as The New York Times on Wednesday reported that the U.S. Department of Justice is considering dropping corruption charges against him.