New York Mayor Eric Adams failed to get a bribery charge against him thrown out, setting up a high-profile April trial in which he is likely to confront the full five-count indictment against him even as he is gearing up for a re-election bid.

A Manhattan judge on Tuesday denied Mayor Eric Adams’ motion to dismiss the bribery count in his public corruption case. In a 30-page order, Manhattan federal court Judge Dale Ho rejected Adams’ arguments that the government’s allegations did not meet the legal standard for bribery and said dismissal of the most serious charge facing the mayor was not warranted.

President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would "look at" a pardon for embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who has been indicted on federal corruption charges. "I mean, I'd have to see it because I don't know the facts.