New York City Mayor Eric Adams thanked the Justice Department on Tuesday for directing prosecutors to drop the federal case against him, saying he never broke the law or traded power for personal benefit.

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice late Monday ordered the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office to drop federal corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams, casting serious doubt over the future of the explosive case and the historic independence of the prosecutor’s office,

Mayor Adams said he was eager to move forward from the “monthslong saga that put me, my family and this city through an unnecessary ordeal.”