They’re deep thinkers. Mayor Eric Adams copped to believing the “deep state” is real this week — echoing President Trump and the MAGA movement. “I don’t want to sound conspiracy theory, but there’s a permanent government,

Although he granted the federal government’s request to drop the case, the judge harshly criticized its reasoning in seeking the dismissal.

"Though I am still a Democrat, I am announcing that I will forgo the Democratic primary for mayor and appeal directly to all New Yorkers as an independent," Adams said.

The mayor said the drawn-out dismissal of his federal case made it “impossible” to mount a reelection campaign in time for the Democratic primary.

Judge Dale Ho’s dismissal of charges against Mayor Adams comes with a jab at President Trump’s Justice Department. In an echo of the claim by the erstwhile acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York,